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Perils of West Sixth
According to a Statesman article:
On Sunday, John Smythe wrote in a blog that he managed to ride his bicycle home “without some drunk person trying to run me over.”
Four days later, he was struck and killed by a driver who police say was intoxicated.
We make note of this incident because it took place in our neighborhood and because Smythe, 35, was a resident of our neighborhood (but we didn’t know him), a graphic designer, and a blogger. We pause to think, but for the grace of God go we.
The driver in this incident left the scene but later called 911 to say that he thought he may have hit someone. The driver has been charged with intoxication manslaughter. Smythe died from head trauma at Brackenridge Hospital not long after the accident.
This particular stretch of road between Lamar and MoPac is often a clusterfuck that often requires dodging cars that suddenly pull out of parking spaces or change lanes. We can’t imagine navigating that stretch of road on a bicycle! The traffic gets worse Thursday through Sunday as drivers leave the downtown bars.
