Loreto Andal Canubas, 74-years old, was killed last night while riding his e-bike while crossing Viers Mill Road near Monterrey Drive in Wheaton.
The incident happened just before 10 p.m. when the man, on a Sun ra bicycle (e-bike), tried to cross Veirs Mill Road near Monterrey Drive and was struck.
Mr. Canubus a bike commuter was on his way to work when he was hit by an unmarked police cruiser while crossing Veirs Mill Road.
Police are investigating whether such factors as speed or alcohol might have been involved. The motorized bicycle did not have lights on it, a police spokesman said.
In an email, Capt. Paul Starks, a Montgomery police spokesman, said there is an intersection and a stop sign in the nearby neighborhood that leads onto Veirs Mill Road but no traffic signal there. He said police are investigating whether Canubas was in a crosswalk at the time of the incident.
The death of Loreto Andal Canubas brings us to 11 people on bikes killed this year on Maryland Roadways.
(Read: Year / # Deaths)
2010 8
2011 5
2012 5
2013 7
2014 6
2015 10
2016 16
2017 11
2017 Fatalities (Read: Date / Name / Age / Area)
13-Jan-17 / William C. Bosley / 70 / Hagerstown
24-Jan-17 / Brian E. Argy / 58 / Frederick
27-Jan-17 / Jamal Quentin Anderson / 14 / Randallstown
17-Feb-17 / George Ernest McNab / 59 / Waldorf
26-Apr-17 / Mariah Johnson / 17 / Hagerstown
17-May-17 / Thomas Randolph / 26 / Rockville
19-Jun-17 / Aaron Michael Laciny / 20 / Towson
04-Jul-17 / Jeremy Pope / 25 / Linthicum
21-Jul-17 / Harrison Thomas Earls / 20 / Taneytown
1-Sep-17 / Veronika Badurova / 21 / Ocean City
6-Sep-17 / Loreto Andal Canubas / 74 / Wheaton
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/elderly-man-on-motorized-scooter-struck-and-killed-by-unmarked-police-cruiser/2017/09/07/16bb2afe-93bf-11e7-aace-04b862b2b3f3_story.html?utm_term=.f8535872b6f7&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1#comments
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