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Friday, October 2, 2009
Hit-and-run driver injures bicyclist in Center City

A female bicyclist was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in Center City earlier tonight. The victim, whose age wasn't available, was struck by a pick-up truck at 22nd and Market streets about 7:20 p.m., police said. She was admitted to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition, although the extent of her injuries was unclear.

Police arrested the motorist a short while later near 22nd Street and Ben Franklin Parkway, said an investigator from the police Accident Investigation Division. The driver, who wasn't identified, might have been drunk, the investigator said.

Update: An investigator said part of the accident was witnessed by a SEPTA police officer, who followed the fleeing driver with another witness. The driver is "an elderly man, who pulled over because he realized he was being followed," the investigator said.

Posted by David Gambacorta @ 9:43 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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Posted 10:04 AM, 10/03/2009
CleanupPhilly
WPVI said she was 42. 22nd St. has a bike lane, and Market St. ties into the Schuylkill River Trail, which is probably where she was going from or to. We need a bike lane on the feeder going in and out of the trail. We have one now on Spruce, but not Locust or Market. Those are the main ingress/egress points to the trail from CC.
Posted 10:07 AM, 10/03/2009
CleanupPhilly
PA has to get serious about taking away the licenses from drunk drivers. It's a privilege, not a "right" to drive. The reports also say the guy was so drunk he couldn't stand to do the sobriety test. Some 79 year old fool who drinks and drives like that has no reason to have a license and in most states, he wouldn't.
Posted 10:10 AM, 10/03/2009
CleanupPhilly
Sorry, WPVI said she is 40.
Posted 06:00 PM, 10/14/2009
erica6670
Has anyone heard how this woman is doing? I walked by immediately after it happened and it was horrific. My heart goes out to her and her family.
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About David Gambacorta and Dafney Tales
David Gambacorta has covered cops, criminals and everyone in between at the Daily News since 2005. He grew up in South Philadelphia and studied journalism at Temple University. And yes, he knows you have a hard time pronouncing his last name.

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