Yes, the article said he was out building bike paths when he fell. There was no mention of a car being involved. And the other article about the little girl who was hit in the crosswalk said the driver was a man in his 80s. No mention of texting or anything going on. Maybe you were referring to a different article. There were a lot of accident report links on that WTOP site.

Although I do agree that there should be some kind of international PSA about safer driving and watching out for cyclists. Maybe one like that motorcycle PSA that has the car driver stopping and looking before turning left, and out of nowhere this motorcyclist slams into the driver side door. "How long do you have to look for a motorcycle?" or something like that.

Roxy