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(AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Today the Times-News reported that a male cyclist was struck and killed by a motor vehicle while riding his bicycle along Falls Avenue east. No other information has been released yet. I will post more information when it is released by the sheriffs department. There is a Google Map at the bottom that shows where the cyclist was struck and killed.
With the 3 recent cycling deaths in Boise and now one here in Twin Falls it's time that we realize how potentially dangerous riding bicycles can be with ignorant drivers who always seem to be concentrating on their cell phone and not the road they are driving on.
There have been many other cyclists killed recently throughout the country. Kristin Stormer was killed on June 23 while riding her bicycle in Ocean City Maryland.
65 Year old Jim Gafney from Chula Vista California was killed in Illinois by a car. Gafney was bicycling across the country to protest the government bailouts.
13 year old Megan Lee was killed while bicycling in Glendale AZ. Lee was struck and killed by a vehicle that had ran a red light. Feel Free To Sign Megan Lee's Guest Book with condolences for the family.
Heinz Duerkop died at 67 years while bicycling in El Paso, Tex. Duerkop was struck from behind by a motor vehicle.
These are just a small sampling of the may bicyclists struck and killed each year while cycling. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in 2007, the most recent year of cycling data, 696 cyclists wer killed. That was less cycling deaths then in 2006 when 769 cyclists wee killed. How many bicycling deaths in the United States will we have this year? Only time will tell. Be cautious and bicycle safely.
Heres a Google Map of the area where the Cyclist was killed outside of Twin Falls on Falls Avenue.
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