Cyclist Files Lawsuit Against City Of Houston Over Crash On Heights Boulevard

HOUSTON — A man is seeking up to $250,000 in a lawsuit filed against the City of Houston after he hit a pothole and crashed his bike last year.

According to the lawsuit, the man claims he was riding his bike in a designated bike lane on Heights Boulevard north of the Waugh Bat Bridge on Nov. 1 around 9 p.m. when he hit a “massive pothole causing him to fall off his bicycle and strike his face on the pavement and sustain serious facial injuries.”