Charlie Shu Photo Source: http://www.schoedinger.com
Charlie Shu
Age 48    Washington, OH    July 14 2012
Comments: 1

Source: A man participating in the third-annual Steve Barbour Memorial Tour died after losing control of his bicycle and crashing into a guardrail Saturday morning. Charlie Shu was one of about 250 riders participating in the ride, which was part of the weekend’s Bike Columbus Festival. According to the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, Shu was traveling down a steep hill on Morris Salem Road, south of Tariton Road in Pickaway County, at about 10:20 a.m. when he lost control and struck a guardrail. Shu was ejected and struck the guardrail. Shu, 48, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Steve Barbour Memorial Tour helps promote bike safety and education programs. The ride began on West Broad Street near COSI and traveled south to Hocking County. Ira Weiss, Consider Biking vice president, and Frank Seebode, a ride organizer, offered their condolences to Shu’s family and friends and to the riders who assisted at the scene of Saturday’s fatal crash.

Collision Data

Crash time: between 9 a.m. and 11:59 a.m.

Closest Intersection: Tariton Road

Land use: Rural

Road type: Collector

Where on the road the collision happened: Road

Collision type: None

Driver Data

Vehicle type: No other vehicle involved

At crash time driver was: other

At crash time cyclist was: Other

At crash time cyclist was: lost control and hit a guardrail

Sources

Source: News Report
Type: TV
Pos/Neg: Neutral
Link if Website: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/07/14/columbus-bicyclist-dies-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-during-steve-barbour-memorial-ride.html

Legal Status

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Comments:

  • Kenneth Brook July 29 2012

    It just shows that you may never know when accidents might happen, so just to make sure of the security of our lives, safety measures should be promoted including ones for bicyclists wherein drivers face much more danger than car drivers.

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