MOSINEE, WI (WTAQ) - A bicyclist in central Wisconsin was killed after she was hit by a car.

It happened around 11 a.m. Wednesday near Mosinee on Marathon County Trunk KK.

The bicyclist, a 44-year-old woman, was taken to a Wausau hospital where she died a short time later.

The crash remains under investigation. The state DOT said it was the first bicycle-related death in Wisconsin in 2012.