Local cyclist killed

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From the Austin American-Statesman:

An Austin woman was killed Monday in a cycling accident near Bee Cave Road and Loop 360, authorities said.

Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Gay Simmons, 40, was traveling north on her bike on an exit ramp of Loop 360 when a trailer on the back of a Chevrolet utility van clipped her.

Simmons landed on the street during the 12:30 p.m. accident and was struck by an unknown gray or silver car, authorities said. Investigators are looking for the driver of that car, which they think may have received front bumper damage.

This is a very popular road for training. It's a two-lane divided highway with really wide shoulders and one particular hill where I've clocked my fastest speed since getting a computer (45 mph , it'd be higher if the hill were longer !)

I ride this road almost weekly. I studied the picture in the paper this morning but couldn't tell *exactly* where the accident occurred. An eerie thing about the photo of her bike in the paper: her shoes were stilll on the pedals . I've gotten kind of blase' about riding 360, not anymore.