[Whirl] Hagerstown area recumbent cyclist died after that accident; family vows to promote rider safety

[Larry Black]

Kathy
Hagerstown has one of the rides of silence this spring - there's one in Frederick too
Those would be the ones to consider


Larry Black
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> On Jan 22, 2017, at 9:38 AM, Kathy Bilton <kathy at fred.net> wrote:
> 
> Larry reported to the list the story abot the poor fellow who was hit and injured by that dump truck.  He died a day later.  There's a story from yesterday in the Hagerstown paper: Family of bicyclist killed by dump truck vow to promote rider safety
> http://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/local/family-of-bicyclist-killed-by-dump-truck-vow-to-promote/article_0336f7c2-e020-11e6-b4be-57d2fa35438e.html
> 
> He had wanted to keep riding until he was past 100.  This brought to mind a story from earlier in the month of a 105 year old French cyclist: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/105-year-old-cyclist-man-world-record-pedal-more-than-14-miles-hour-robert-marchand-velodrome-paris-a7511026.html
> 
> --Kathy Bilton
> 
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