this is sad

Cyclist killed during race
A 24-year-old Chicago bicyclist was killed Saturday near Brimfield

while riding in the Proctor Cycling Classic.

Elizabeth Kobeszka was pronounced dead about 1:20 p.m.

at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center,

where she was taken after the 9:30 a.m. accident,

Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll said today.
Kobeszka was riding on Brimfield-Jubilee Blacktop Road

when she collided with another bicyclist,

then was struck by a pickup truck hauling a trailer.

She died of multiple injuries, Ingersoll said.
Read more about this story in Monday’s Journal Star.

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our hearts are heavy when we learn of such tragedies.

this is why we enforce centerline rules, by the way.

PLEASE be careful on your bikes.