Bike Fatal

An Osage Minnesota man is dead after an early morning bicycle accident in a Fargo Park Police say 48-yr-old Gordon Fineday died after hitting a metal gate while riding on a bike path near dike east Fargo Reporter Jason Vincent tells us how it happened and why police say it should not have happened in the first place JASON A POOL OF DRIED BLOOD IS ALL THAT S LEFT BEHIND FROM WHAT S BEING CALLED A FREAK ACCIDENT A MAN IN THE AREA OF THE Red River BIKE PATH NEAR DIKE EAST FOUND 48 YEAR OLD GORDON FINEDAY LAYING ON THE GROUND UNCONSCIOUS ABOUT 1 O CLOCK THIS MORNING HE THEN RAN TO THE FRY N PAN RESTAURANT A FEW BLOCKS AWAY TO CALL FOR HELP BUT IT WAS TOO LATE SKUZA HE WAS NEVER CONSCIOUS AND WE NOW BELIEVE THAT HE WAS PROBABLY DEAD WHEN THE PASSERBY FOUND HIM JASON STANDUP POLICE SAY AS FINEDAY TRAVELLED DOWN THIS BIKE PATH NEAR DIKE EAST HE APPARENTLY DIDN T SEE THIS LARGE METAL GATE BLOCKING THE PATH HE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CROSS ARM AND LANDED ABOUT 10 FEET AWAY THE PARK DISTRICT TELLS ME THIS GATE IS HERE TO STOP CARS FROM TRAVELING DOWN THE PATH FROM THIS NEARBY PARKING LOT JASON AN OFFICER ON THE SCENE THIS MORNING SAID IN HIS POLICE REPORT THAT THE AREA IS DARK THE ONLY LIGHT WE FOUND IN THE AREA IS ABOUT 25O FEET FROM THE GATE BUT POLICE SAYS FINEDAY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THAT AREA ANYWAY SKUZA WHAT FOLKS NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT YOU CAN T BE IN THE PARKS AFTER DARK THAT S RESTRICTIONS OF PARK HOURS SO OBVIOUSLY IT S NOT A PLACE THEY SHOULD BE AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE REASON WHY JASON SGT SKUZA SAYS ALCOHOL DID PLAY A PART THE ACCIDENT AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE MECHANICAL FAILURE OF HIS BRAKES Paramedics did try to revive Fineday with C-P-R and an A-E-D but were unable An autopsy and toxicology test are being done