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Prominent YouTube couple escaped death by a whisker after a hit-and-run accident left them unable to walk. Marcus Johns, 27, and his wife Kristin, 25, were run over by a car whilst bicycling in the neighborhood in what they allege was a botched robbery escape. The two posted the news on Instagram on May 13 saying it was a “miracle” that they are alive and Jesus had saved their lives. The two survived but with huge injuries. Marcus broke his leg whilst Kristin suffered a broken femur and damaged hip. The couple believes that the hit-and-run was intentional but not...

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Westerly High School's Dean of students is being charged with one count of leaving the scene of an accident on May 27 after the police reported that he struck a bicyclist close to the intersection of Winnapaug Road and Airport Road before leaving his spouse at the crime scene and driving away. Westerly police confirmed the charges against 53-year-old Christopher Luppe, who resides at 13 Bridgette Lane. Mr. Luppe was charged on Saturday night with failure to stop at an accident scene, resulting in damages to person or property. The accused was later released pending an appearance at a date...

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Police said they responded to a call from the 600th block of Frederick Street around 7:30 in the morning on a report of a collision. When they arrived at the scene of the accident, officers found the bicyclist lying in the road. The man, who was later identified as 31-year-old Devlin O’Conner by the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office, was ferried to a nearby hospital, where he died of injuries sustained in the tragic crash. One of the area’s police supervisors, Dean Preston, commented on Twitter that it appeared the accident occurred when a stationary car opened its door, resulting...

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Hamilton Village, N.Y. – A veteran charity cyclist was killed in a bicycle-car crash on Lake Moraine Road in Hamilton on Thursday 28 May. Becky A. Eisenhut, 61, from Madison County was struck from behind by a car that was traveling in the same direction. She was pronounced dead on the spot. What we know so far Around 11:36 a.m., the New York State police in Morrisville responded to a call of a woman riding a bicycle hit by a car  The information available so far indicates that Eisenhut was riding southbound on her bicycle along Lake Moraine Road when...

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A 30-year-old woman, a resident of Berkeley, was killed whilst bicycling in a conventional striped bike lane to work along Howard Street in San Francisco on March 8, 2019. Tess Rothstein was struck by a truck after a woman opened the door of a stationary vehicle, forcing her to swerve into oncoming traffic. The crash happened around 8:20 a.m., near Howard Street and Sixth Street intersection. Howard Street is one of the busiest traffic corridors, especially during peak hours, in San Francisco. What happened? Witnesses of the incident said Rothstein was riding a hired Ford GoBike when she veered into...

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