Monday, July 6, 2009

6/21/09: Elderly Bicyclist Killed in Hit and Run

There's a pattern here: hit from behind...

El Paso police are searching for the driver who hit and killed an elderly bicyclist in East El Paso Sunday morning.

Heinz Duerkop, 67, was riding his bike on the 3400 block of George Dieter around 7 a.m., police spokesman Chris Mears said in a released statement.

That's when he was hit by a car from behind and thrown from his bicycle, Mears said. The driver then sped off, Duerkop died at the scene.


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