Cycling champion Ethan Boyes died after a car struck him while he was riding in San Francisco’s Presidio national park, authorities said Friday.
Boyes, winner of multiple world and national track championships, was hit around 4 p.m. Tuesday, the U.S. Park Police said in a statement.
The agency identified the injured cyclist only as an adult man and said he later died at a local hospital. The driver, who was hospitalized with injuries not thought to be life-threatening, was not identified.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, which advocates for safe biking in the city and described Boyes as a beloved local cyclist, cited eyewitnesses who said Boyes was traveling south when a car traveling the opposite direction struck him.
The Park Police did not say who was at fault.
“Crash investigations are complex and require an analysis of a large amount of evidence and data,” the agency said, adding that detectives were investigating the death with the local U.S. Attorney’s office.
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