"gds" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>see:http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/
Here it is. Yikes.
With profound regret, Race Across America announces that Bob
Breedlove, competitor #188, collided head-on with a pickup truck at
approximately 12.15 p.m. EDT, on June 23, 28 miles west of Trinidad,
Colorado. When paramedics arrived on the scene they pronounced him
dead. The accident took place on a section of road that sloped very
gently downhill for cyclists in the race. According to the driver of
the pickup truck, Bob Breedlove appeared to collapse on his bicycle
and swerved into the path of the oncoming vehicle.
Cyclists competing in the Race Across America are offered the option
of completing the race, should they so desire.
Race Director Jim Pitre said: "Speaking both personally, and on behalf
of the entire management and all those associated with the race, I
extend my most sincere sympathy to the family of Bob Breedlove."
At the time of the accident, Bob Breedlove was leading the 50+
category, and was 12th overall in the race.