North Carolina Bicycle Wreck Kills One, Injures Another
As reported by the Winston Salem Journal:
A bicycling outing ends with a terrible accident involving a car. It’s a scenario that played out once more last week, and one that we should all work toward ending.
A car driven by Linda Sink, 51, of King hit two bicyclists from behind on Trinity Church Road near U.S. 52 Friday morning, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. Donald Sunday, 62, of Winston-Salem died at the scene. Sunday, a native of New York state, was a grandfather and businessman who enjoyed bicycling in his spare time.
Barry Leonard, 49, of King, sustained a broken pelvis and rib. Sink, who was not injured, has not been charged pending completion of the investigation. She wasn’t speeding, impaired or talking on her cell phone, Trooper J.R. Phillips of the patrol, who is handling the case, told the Journal yesterday. “She just hit two bicycles in the rear end.”
The bicyclists, he said, were riding single file along the white line on the right side of the road, and the accident happened as the road curves slightly to the left. Both men were wearing their helmets. Phillips declined to answer questions about how the accident happened in the 45- mph zone.
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