Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Cyclist dies in Amherst accident

AMHERST - A local woman was killed Monday after she was struck by a vehicle while riding her bicycle near University Drive.

According to police, at 10:30 a.m., officers responded to a motor vehicle accident in a parking lot off University Drive involving a vehicle that had struck a bicyclist.

The bicyclist was transported by ambulance to Cooley Dickinson Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The victim, whom police declined to identify pending the notification of her relatives, was a 34-year-old Amherst woman, police said.

Police said they had not yet determined the cause of the accident and a state police accident reconstruction team is continuing the investigation. The accident did not result in any arrests, police said Monday.

Police declined to release any further information Monday.

- OWEN BOSS

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