From KTVZ.COM news sources

A Bend motorist was cited Wednesday on three traffic violations, one day after a collision that seriously injured a bicyclist west of town, the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office announced.

Andrey Yarbrough, 38, was struck, thrown onto the hood of a pickup truck Tuesday morning by a pickup driven by Gabriel Ring, 32, who told investigators he drove into the bike lane while looking at his cell phone and glancing in the rear-view mirror.

Ring was contacted Wednesday and cited for careless driving, failure to yield to a bicycle in a bike lane, and failure to maintain his lane of travel, said Lt. Shane Nelson.

Yarbrough was flown by AirLink helicopter to St. Charles Medical Center-Bend, where he was upgraded from critical to serious condition, officials said. He remained in serious condition Wednesday morning, but a work colleague at WebCyclery said he was "starting to wake up" after suffering a concussion and other, lesser injuries.

Around 7:20 a.m. Tuesday, 911 dispatchers received the first report of the crash involving a pickup and bicyclist on Johnson Road east of Stag Drive, west of Shevlin Park, Nelson said.

Deputies and Bend Fire medics were dispatched, Nelson said Nelson. Detectives and a crash reconstructionist also were called in to assist in the investigation.

An initial investigation determined that Yarbrough, who was wearing a helmet, was westbound on Johnson Road, riding his Colnago C30 competition-style road bicycle in the bike lane area, Nelson said.

Ring, also of Bend, also was westbound going about 50 mph at the wheel of a blue 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup , the lieutenant added.

Ring was cresting the grade west of Shevlin Park Road when he looked at his cell phone, also glancing in the rear-view mirror, Nelson said. (The lieutenant said Ring told deputies he "reached for" his cell phone, but a friend told KTVZ.COM he actually had looked at the phone.)

While Ring was looking away from the road, he failed to negotiated a slight left-hand curve and traveled into the bike lane area, Nelson said.

The right front side of Ring's pickup struck Yarbrough's bike from the rear, causing Yarbrough to be thrown onto the pickup's hood, Nelson said.

After the impact, Ring slowed down "in a controlled manner" and Yarbrough slid off the hood of the pickup, landing on the westbound gravel shoulder, Nelson said.

The bike was dragged beneath the pickup's front end about 130 feet from the point of impact, the lieutenant said, The pickup sustained major right front-end damage and the bicycle was heavily damaged.

Nelson said alcohol and drugs don't appear to be factors in the crash.

Yarbrough had worked since last November in bikes and Nordic ski sales at Webcyclery

The road was limited to one lane of travel for about 3 ½ hours while the initial investigation took place, Nelson said.

A fund to assist Yarbrough has been set up at the Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Bend, in Yarbrough's name, said Henry Abel of WebCyclery.