Texas Bicycle Coalition
Member Involved in Fatal Crash
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Police in the north Texas
town of Frisco are saying they still aren’t sure of
the circumstances that led to the Nov. 8 death of Plano
cyclist and Texas Bicycle Coalition member James Kerr.
Officer Chris Hollahan of the Frisco Police Department
said that an intensive investigation shows that Kerr
was probably not the victim of a vehicle-bicycle collision.
“There was no physical evidence that backs up the idea
that he was hit while he was riding his bicycle,” Hollahan
said. “There was no physical evidence that the bicycle
was struck by a vehicle, and there was no impact damage
to the truck.”
The truck Hollahan referred to is the vehicle that apparently
ran over the cyclist in the dark early evening hours
of Nov. 8 as he lay on Highway 289 a short distance
north of Frisco near a small bridge.
The driver of the truck never saw Kerr, Hollahan said.
The truck driver and other motorists, however, did say
the noticed the flashing light that had been attached
to the rear of Kerr’s downed bicycle.
Hollahan added that Kerr’s injuries were not consistent
with those of a person struck by a vehicle while cycling.
Preliminary reports from a medical examiner’s autopsy
indicated only that Kerr had died as “the result of
an accident”, Hollahan said.
“In other words,” Hollahan commented, “we only know
that he was on the ground before he was run over. We
don’t know why he was on the ground.”
Hollahan added the Frisco PD investigation had exonerated
the driver of the truck. |
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