
Deming Police Chief Bobby Orosco said 77-year-old Jose Guadalupe Beltran of Deming was transported to the hospital with head injuries following the accident at the intersection of Hemlock and Silver about 2 p.m. Monday.
Orosco said Beltran was riding a bicycle west on Hemlock and failed to yield to a 2015 silver-colored Toyota four-door car being driven south on Silver by 82-year-old John Ewert.
Ewert told officers he slowed but couldn’t avoid the collision.
Beltran was cited for failing to yield to oncoming traffic.