A North Vernon man has died after being hit by a vehicle while biking Saturday.

50-year-old Robert A. King died when he lost control of his bicycle and fell into the path of an SUV being drive by 31-year-old Timothy M. Small of North Vernon just before 9 p.m. Saturday night on Country Squire Lakes Boulevard at Dorchester Place. Sgt. Stephen Wheeles with the state police says that its not known why King lost control of the bike .

King was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation.