Bicyclist Run Over At Westside Gas Station
POSTED: Thursday, July 10, 2008
  Police say this tow truck backed over a bicyclist at a gas station on Cassat Avenue. |
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A bicyclist died Thursday afternoon when a tow-truck backed up over the cyclist.Police said the bicyclist was riding through the Shell gas station in the 500 block of Cassat Avenue when the truck backed out of a diesel fueling area and struck the bicycle.Police said bystanders yelled at the truck driver to stop, so he stopped and pulled forward, running over the bicyclist a second time.The name of the victim was not immediately released.Traffic homicide investigators were interviewing the driver and witnesses. It wasn't determined if any charges would be filed.
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