Teen Competitive Cyclist Dies After Being Hit by Driver
Magnus White, a 17-year-old “rising star” in competitive cycling, has died after being hit by a car in Colorado while he was training for the world championships, the state police and U.S.A. Cycling, the sport’s governing body, said.
White excelled in cyclocross, an international sport in which racers compete on a course of multiple surfaces, including pavement and trails, and carry their bicycles over off-road obstacles. He was a junior member of U.S.A. Cycling, the Colorado Springs-based organization said.
White was struck by a car on Saturday in Boulder County, which has a population of about 320,000 and is in the north-central part of the state known for its rugged mountains, foothills, trails and the University of Colorado campus in Boulder.
He was on a north-south stretch of Highway 119 known as the Diagonal, which runs between Boulder and Longmont. The road is so frequently used by cyclists that local and state authorities are working on a long-term plan to add a separate bike trail in the middle of it.
Source: The New York Times
