Category: bicyclists

Woman to Stand Trial in Deaths of 2 Michigan Bicyclists

IONIA, Mich.—A woman has been ordered to stand trial on second-degree murder and other charges after five bicyclists were struck by her vehicle as they rode in a summer charity event in western Michigan. Ionia County District Judge Raymond Voet said during a preliminary hearing Thursday that Mandy Benn was intoxicated by a “cocktail of…


Police ID Driver Who Rammed Bike Riders During Arizona Race

PHOENIX—Authorities on Monday identified the man accused of plowing his pickup truck into a group of cyclists taking part in a weekend race in an Arizona mountain town, critically injuring several riders, as a resident of a nearby community. Shawn Michael Chock, 35, of White Mountain Lakes, fled the crash Saturday in Show Low and…


Truck Rams Bicyclists in Arizona Race, Critically Injuring 6

SHOW LOW, Ariz.—A pickup truck plowed into bicyclists competing in a community road race in Arizona on Saturday, critically injuring several riders before police chased down the driver and shot him outside a nearby hardware store, police said. Six cyclists were taken to a hospital in critical condition after the crash in the mountain town…


Record-Breaking French Centenarian Cyclist Dies Aged 109

PARIS—Frenchman Robert Marchand, who won fame late in life by setting world records for centenarian cyclists, has died at the age of 109, a local official said on Saturday. Marchand died overnight in a retirement home in Mitry-Mory, the mayor of the suburb east of Paris wrote on Facebook. Marchand, an amateur cyclist who was…