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Vancouver man recovering after bicycling accident in Centralia

Condition has improved from critical to satisfactory

By John Branton
Published: July 22, 2011, 12:00am

A 58-year-old Vancouver man was in satisfactory condition in a hospital Thursday night after being critically injured when he fell off his bicycle and was run over by a flatbed truck on July 9 in Centralia.

Donald Becker has been moved from the intensive care unit of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center to a regular floor and is in satisfactory condition, a nursing supervisor said.

Becker had been riding in the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic when he was injured, authorities said.

Centralia police said Becker was struck about 2 p.m. and run over by the truck’s dual rear tires, injuring his shoulders, back and lungs.

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Police said it was “purely an accident” and did not cite the truck driver.

John Branton: 360-735-4513 or john.branton@columbian.com.

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