Cap Metro bus hit and kills bicyclist on UT campus

AUSTIN, Texas (FOX 7 Austin) - A bicyclist has died after he was hit by a Cap Metro bus on the University of Texas campus. 

The crash happened on San Jacinto near East 23rd Street.

University of Texas police say a man on a bike was going north on San Jacinto just after 10:30 p.m. and that a Cap Metro bus was traveling in the same direction.

Somehow the bus and bicyclist collided and Austin-Travis County EMS reported that the man became trapped under the bus.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police have not identified the person who died. No one on the bus was hurt.

Officials are asking anyone who may have seen the crash, or has any information about it, to contact them.