Male Bicyclist, 79, Killed in 200 Hamblen Road Crash

Waste Management Truck Hits and Kills 79-Year-Old Bicyclist at 200 Hamblen Road.

Houston, Texas (June 14, 2017) – A male bicycle rider was killed after being hit by Waste Management truck in Houston on Tuesday midmorning, Houston Police Department reported.
The fatal incident occurred at about 11:35 a.m., June 13, at 200 Hamblen Road.
A 79-year-old man was riding a bicycle westbound on Hamblen Road when a Waste Management truck passed the bicycle in an unsafe manner and hit him.
Medical crews took the man to Ben Taub General Hospital where he was pronounced dead
The identity of the deceased was not immediately released.
The truck driver did not show intoxication signs, and he was questioned and released pending further investigation.
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