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Cyclist Raising Money for Spill Killed in Crash
Posted: Oct 8, 2010 7:55 AM by Posted by Sharlee Barriere
GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man on a cross-country
bicycle ride to raise awareness and money for victims of this
year's massive Gulf oil spill was struck and killed by a passing vehicle just days before finishing the journey.
Roger Grooters began his ride across America Sept. 10 in Oceanside, Calif. The 66-year-old man's family tells the Pensacola News Journal that he was just days from finishing his 3,200-mile ride when he was hit by a truck outside Panama City, Fla., Wednesday morning.
Funeral services are planned for Monday in Gulf Breeze near Pensacola Beach.
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