Another senseless death. Details are sketchy. Accident occurred in a Pittsburgh neighborhood just a few blocks from the start of the bike path. Roads were icy and snowcovered from several days of weather which haven't cleared.

Hazelwood driver charged in death

Thursday, January 29, 2004

A Hazelwood woman who police said struck and killed a bicyclist while behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle has been charged with driving under the influence.

Eunice West, 47, was charged after she refused to take a breath test.

The bicyclist, Robert Hemelrick, 32, of Hazelwood, was struck Tuesday at 11:30 p.m. in the 4100 block of Irvine Street. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later at UPMC Presbyterian.

The Allegheny County coroner's office ruled Hemelrick's death accidental.

Police said Hemelrick was riding east on Irvine. He was not wearing a helmet, and his bicycle did not have headlights or rear reflectors.


http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04029/266980.stm