Truck driver headed to prison in vehicular homicide of cyclist, local bicyclist reacts

By: Deb Lee, newsnet5.com

CLEVELAND - Members of the local cycling community said they believe Monday's conviction in the death of a Cleveland cyclist is validation for all of them.

Sylvia Bingham, 22, was killed when her bike collided with a 26,000-pound truck driven by Herschel Roberts, 63. The collision occured at East 21st and Prospect in Cleveland.

In finding Roberts guilty of aggravated vehicular homicide, Judge Daniel Gaul said that Roberts had just passed the bike and therefore he should have known that the bike was right behind him as he was about to make a right hand turn.
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by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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