The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has identified the decent of a traffic fatality that happened on Oct. 15.
Preliminary investigation revealed that, at around 10:07 p.m., the decedent was riding his bike down the 200 block of 63rd Street, NE. He suddenly crossed over from the right side towards the center of the roadway in front of a vehicle that was slowing down because of a traffic signal.
Then, the bicyclist struck the driver’s side of a GMC Denali after he crossed double yellow lines into oncoming traffic.
The decedent has been identified as 43 year-old Michael Williams, of no fixed address.
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