Alcoa, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 8/27: Alcoa Police identify the cyclist killed Tuesday morning following a collision with a tractor-trailer.

Authorities say when officers arrived to the crash on East Hunt Road near the intersection of North Wright Road, they found that the semi-truck and cyclist, identified as 61-year-old Rowland Buck, were going the same direction before colliding.

When first-responders arrived on scene they immediately began CPR on Buck who was taken to the hospital in critical condition where he later died.

Buck was the pastor of St. Mark’s Global Methodist Church in Louisville, Tennessee.

ORIGINAL STORY: An investigation is underway following a fatal crash between a bicyclist and a tractor-trailer.

Alcoa Police say Tuesday morning’s crash happened just before 8:00 a.m. on East Hunt Road near the intersection of North Wright Road.

When officers arrived, they found that the semi truck and cyclist were going the same direction before colliding.

When first-responders arrived on scene, they immediately began CPR on the cyclist who was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police reported later that the cyclist had died at the hospital.

The tractor-trailer driver was uninjured in the crash.