For the third time in a month, a bicyclist in the Quad Cities has been killed by an SUV.
Davenport police say a bicyclist was hit and killed by a hit-and-run SUV that ran a red light on Thursday afternoon. Police later caught the driver, 33-year-old Bobby Hunt of Davenport.
He faces a list of charges, including homicide by reckless driving, in the death of 40-year-old cyclist Alex Marietta of Geneseo, Illinois.
During May, a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle was hit and killed by a Moline, Illinois, police SUV that was responding to a call, while a 60-year-old man on a bike was also fatally struck and killed by an SUV in Rock Island County.
Crash Date - June 3rd 2021
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Other Recent Quad Cities Fatalities:
13-year-old Charlie Hubbard killed on May 4, 2021
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