One of the three cyclists injured in yesterday’s bicycle collision at Lake Hefner has died as a result of his injuries. The rider, Bernard Monty Maughan, 68, was travelling westbound when he collided with two cyclists (of a group of four) travelling east. From NewsOK:
Updated 5/2/2012 5:12 PM:
Many have asked me both in comments and emails about the cause of the accident to which I have had no information. However, this was just posted to News9.com:
[Read More]Updated 5/2/2012: It has now been reported that one cyclist has died from his injuries. Details here.
The Oklahoman is reporting that three cyclists were injured tonight at around 7:00 PM on Lake Hefner dam:
About 7 p.m., four bicyclists were traveling east at the Lake Hefner Dam when a 70-year-old man bicycling west collided with two of them, Emergency Medical Services Authority spokeswoman Lara O’Leary said.
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[Read More]So, it’s been a long and dull week without the ability for me to ride (darn skinny wheels). After work, I decided to do an automotive run along the lake bike trails to see how the ice had cleared. Overall it looks really good which is as I expected. For those of you who ride out to Overholser to start their rides, I noticed quite a bit of remaining slush at the bottom of the last hill coming into the lake on 16th street. The trail itself is in fine shape and I didn’t notice any area of standing water that might be frozen up tomorrow morning. I can however now personally confirm that the old Route 66 bridge is very much closed. Let’s hope that they can reopen it soon.
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