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Monday, June 26, 2006
Bicycle tragedies far and close to home
Today, I pass along word of two bicycle deaths.
One took place near Washington state, a long way away from my home here in Southwestern Illinois, but it was one that hit close to home.
Philip Smith of Banner, Wyo., was killed Sunday in a bicycle accident Sunday south of Davenport, Wash. The Associated Press reported that Phil was heading south on Highway 38 when he was struck by a vehicle. Details are sketchy in the AP story, but AP did report charges are pending in the accident.
I got to know Phil -- a friend of Bubba Barron, the owner of Bubba's Pampered Pedalers -- on Cycle North Carolina in 2002 and SAGBRAW in 2003. Phil -- like Bubba -- was a bigger-than-life character, so it was no accident that Phil and Bubba crossed paths.
Phil wasn't afraid to let you know what he thought, but he was most definitely an entertaining man. My account of the
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