A Laguna Niguel man was riding along East Coast Highway when a Newport Beach fire truck clipped him, knocking him to the ground and nearly running over him, according to a claim filed against the city.

James Moro, 26, filed a claim seeking $6,000 to cover medical and bike repair costs; he settled this week for $3,900, he said.

“I’ve been waiting on the check til I consider it official,” he said. He hoped to get the full amount but said he needed the money. “Oh well, I’m tired of waiting,” he said. The city factored in the bike’s depreciation, he said.

The accident occurred at 6:05 p.m. May 6, when Moro was on one of his regular bike routes along East Coast Highway. “I was cycling…as far to the edge of the road as possible when I was clipped by the mirror of a Newport Beach Fire Department truck,” he wrote in his claim. “He violated my space.”

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