5 dead, 4 injured after truck plows into bicyclists in Michigan

[Helene2013]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/08/us/kal...ead/index.html

You can see in the pics in the link below the damages to bikes. ouch.

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/...nk_when_h.html

Deepest sympathies to family and friends of the victims.

[Crankin]

I saw this last night. Gee, I wonder if the guy will actually get convicted.

[Pax]

How horrible.

Crankin, I saw this and my second thought was "toss up, drunk or malicious" and "bet he walks away scot free".

[emily_in_nc]

Saw this on the news last night. SO tragic! I just hate it for all of the families.

[zoom-zoom]

This is semi-local to me...<90 minutes away. I am bittersweetly relieved to not know any of the victims, but people I know are familiar with some.

The initial reports were that the guy was drunk and fled, but a more recent statement was that he didn't run, but didn't render aid. And also that he didn't "appear" to be drunk. Still awaiting toxicology reports. He was reported to be driving erratically by several sources 30 minutes before running down the group of riders.

I've seen his FB page. It made me ill. He's quite clearly a racist, sexist cretin. I would not be the least bit surprised to learn that he was sober and purposefully targeted the cyclists.

[Pax]

This is semi-local to me...<90 minutes away. I am bittersweetly relieved to not know any of the victims, but people I know are familiar with some.

The initial reports were that the guy was drunk and fled, but a more recent statement was that he didn't run, but didn't render aid. And also that he didn't "appear" to be drunk. Still awaiting toxicology reports. He was reported to be driving erratically by several sources 30 minutes before running down the group of riders.

I've seen his FB page. It made me ill. He's quite clearly a racist, sexist cretin. I would not be the least bit surprised to learn that he was sober and purposefully targeted the cyclists.

Seems in rural areas there's a proliferation of the rolling coal, I-hate-cyclists crowd. It was common in certain areas out in farm country to have young men in huge pickups try to clip you with their mirrors and then "roll coal".

[rebeccaC]

I've seen his FB page. It made me ill. He's quite clearly a racist, sexist cretin. I would not be the least bit surprised to learn that he was sober and purposefully targeted the cyclists.

that is one disgusting Facebook page.....the good part is it certainly won't serve his character well when it can influence his 'hopefully' loooong sentence. somethings make me think for awhile about my strong death penalty opposition....and also the vast disparity in state sentences for negligent homicide in cases like this.

My prayers for the families, friends and others affected by the loss of five people just out for a good ride...