From: Brendan
Subject: hit & run driver caught, Washington PA
Yo jonny, long time reader here, thought I’d pass this on.
Bad news is a teammate was injured in a hit & run on Friday, good news is that the SOB was caught. Always gives the kiddies a warm tingly when someone is [...]

Man arrested following death of bicyclist on Lummi Reservation
A bicyclist has died in a traffic accident on the Lummi Indian Reservation near Bellingham, and a man has been arrested for investigation of suspicion of vehicular homicide.
Washington State Patrol investigators say the man on the bicycle was not carrying identification, and they’re hoping an autopsy will [...]

A top cycling coach suffered catastrophic brain damage when a drink driver knocked him off his bike.
Simon Doughty now needs round-the-clock care following the crash in east Manchester.
Prosecutors estimate John Bowman, 20, from Newton Heath, was more than twice the drink-drive limit when he hit Mr Doughty, 46.
The senior coach and education officer with British [...]

From: Graeme
Subject: RE: Jesus H F’ing Christ…..
You probably caught this but just in case, (from cyclingnews.com)
MacIntyre memorial fund established Scottish time trial ace Jason MacIntyre
Following the tragic death of Jason MacIntyre on Tuesday, and in response to the grieving cycling community in Scotland and beyond, the Braveheart Cycling Fund launched a Jason MacIntyre [...]

Damn.
From: Graeme
Subject: Jesus H F’ing Christ…..
news.bbc.co.uk
Lost for words……
From the article:
Cycling star dies after collision
A Scottish cycling champion has died after a collision with a van while training on the A82 in Fort William.
Jason MacIntyre, 34, died while being taken to hospital after the crash near Carrs Corner at 1330 GMT on Tuesday.
He was [...]

Jdub put this up in the comment section earlier:
A woman suspected of killing a teenage bicyclist with her car Saturday was found to be over the legal limit for alcohol, a Tucson police spokesman said.
Glenda L. Rumsey, 42, of East Migratory Place, near Broadway and Houghton Road, had a blood-alcohol content that exceeded .08 percent, [...]

This one will break your heart in two.
I know it did mine.
Every night before 14-year-old Jose Rincon went to bed, he gave his parents a hug, a kiss and said he loved them. That’s one of the things his father, Jose Rincon Sr., said he’ll miss.
“He was so loving and so gentle and I [...]

Somehow I’m guessing the driver will be found at fault. And the badge/uniform thing is just a coincidence. A “civilian” gets run over, big deal. We’re too busy to even look for the car let alone actually cite somebody. Cyclist must have been in the way, holding up traffic, you know [...]

From: Tom
Subject: Getting run the fuck over…
Since there seems to be a rash of folks sharing bad bike stories, might as well add mine.
3 weeks ago, nice fall early evening, sun is still out. Gone out for a short ride before some Friday festivities. I’m coming over a small rise, and heading down [...]

Bobbo called it “chilling”…
And I have nothing else to add.
From: Bobbo
Subject: Chilling
Jonny,
I stumbled upon this page today
kenkifer.com
You might already be aware of it. There is a lot of information and it takes some time to get your head around even some of it. When I linked to the comments at the bottom of [...]

Another one I’ve been holding on to for a good time to post.
There is no good time to post something like this.
From: Matt
Subject: Killadelphia -
They are starting to call your home town “Killadelphia”. Poor kid, just out
riding his bike with friends – shot dead:
urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com
cnn.com/video…mattingly.killadelphia.cnn

I’ve got nothing to say other than Philadelphia [...]

This story ain’t new, and I’ve had this email in my inbox for months. ‘Bout time I post it, wouldn’t ya say?
From: Pascii
Subject: Heroes save cyclist
Hi Drunk Johnny. Long time reader first time sender. Thought you’d like this one. This incident happened near my workplace in downtown Ottawa. They only [...]

Our greatest fears realized…
Motorist fatally strikes, backs over elderly bicyclist
Police say a motorist in Ogden struck a 73-year-old woman on a bicycle Saturday, then backed up to see what he hit and ran over her again.
The bicyclist, Marie Gabaldon, died at the scene. The collision happened about 6:15 p.m. Saturday. Gabaldon was riding her bike [...]

File this under you gotta be fucking kidding me.
Man seen in tavern after fatal hit and run
Two hours after Chad A. Bilgrien struck three boys on two bicycles, killing 13-year-old Parker Klumb, he walked into a Slinger tavern and hung around until a patron gave him a ride to an ex-girlfriend’s home, a Washington County [...]

Oh great.
Random attack on Brookline bicyclist may be gang-related
Police say a 37-year-old man who was attacked by four teen-agers as he biked home from work in Brookline may have been the random target of a gang initiation.
Brookline police Capt. John O’Leary said police believe the assault may be gang related because the teen-agers did not [...]

Long time road and mountain bike racer Mike Janelle died the morning after Thanksgiving of a heart attack. He was a roommate of mine back in the early 90’s in Tempe and a hilarious guy. At the time he was working swing shift (I think) way out on West Broadway in some plant anodizing aluminum [...]

This came to me via an email:
From: M in SC
Subject: Riders down update
The State charged the driver of the vehicle that killed Tom Hoskins and Lee Ann Barry with 2 counts of Reckless Homicide.
wltx.com
We’ll see what happens, but this is a good start!
From the WLTX article:
State troopers have filed charges against a woman [...]

The son of the founder of Brooklyn Brewery was killed after he fell while bicycling on the upper level of the Manhattan Bridge and plunged in front of a car on the lower roadway, police said Saturday.
Sam Hindy, 27, plummeted 15 feet and had no chance to move from the path of the oncoming Toyota, [...]

It will never get easier to read stuff like this:
Witnesses said the red Ford was speeding, going 90 mph or faster, when it hit the teenager on a bicycle Thursday night.
The police car was right behind.
Christopher E. Cooper, 17, a son, a smiling classmate, and a skateboarder, died of blunt trauma from the collision.
…News of [...]

It just keeps coming…
From: Tom
Subject: Getting run the fuck over
Since there seems to be a rash of folks sharing bad bike stories, might as well add mine.
3 weeks ago, nice fall early evening, sun is still out. Gone out for a short ride before some Friday festivities. I’m coming over a small rise, [...]