Another sad, needless bicycle death
01-29-11 | 08:05 PM
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Another sad, needless bicycle death
Father of four dead; Charlotte man charged
By Meghan Cooke and Steve Lyttle
macooke@charlotteobserver.com and slyttle@charloteobserver.com
Posted: Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011
Stephen Helms, 31, of Charlotte, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision Thursday ngiht involving a bicyclist in Monroe. He also was charged by Wingate police with DWI. Monroe Police
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Family and friends have scheduled a memorial service, called "A Celebration of Roy's Life," at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Triumphant Word Church, 824 Clarence Secrest Road, in Monroe.
Roy Dean Mittelsteadt had been riding a bicycle to and from work - an 8-mile trek between Porter Ridge High and his family's home in Monroe - for about a year to save money to help his children pay for college.
Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...#ixzz1CTpJYmP0
By Meghan Cooke and Steve Lyttle
macooke@charlotteobserver.com and slyttle@charloteobserver.com
Posted: Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011
Stephen Helms, 31, of Charlotte, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision Thursday ngiht involving a bicyclist in Monroe. He also was charged by Wingate police with DWI. Monroe Police
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Family and friends have scheduled a memorial service, called "A Celebration of Roy's Life," at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Triumphant Word Church, 824 Clarence Secrest Road, in Monroe.
Roy Dean Mittelsteadt had been riding a bicycle to and from work - an 8-mile trek between Porter Ridge High and his family's home in Monroe - for about a year to save money to help his children pay for college.
Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...#ixzz1CTpJYmP0
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01-29-11 | 08:13 PM
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Sad indeed:
https://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/nc-...114809224.html
Video:
https://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Drive...114790134.html
https://www.foxcharlotte.com/news/nc-...114809224.html
Video:
https://www.wcnc.com/news/local/Drive...114790134.html
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