A bicyclist has died after a pickup truck struck him while he was riding through a Dallas intersection Wednesday night, and police say they do not expect to file criminal charges against the driver. Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics rushed the man to a hospital, where he died shortly after arriving.
Dallas police responded to the intersection of East Colorado Boulevard and North Marsalis Avenue at 9:12 p.m. Wednesday, according to FOX 4. The station reports that the driver of the pickup stopped at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. Police have not released the bicyclist's identity or age.
No Charges Expected Against Driver
Investigators do not expect to file any criminal charges against the driver of the pickup truck, per the same report.
The crash adds to a string of recent bicyclist deaths across North Texas. In Garland, a bicyclist was killed when a vehicle on Broadway Boulevard struck him as he attempted to cross the street, according to CBS News Texas. That crash happened just before 5 p.m., and the bicyclist died at the scene while the driver remained and cooperated with investigators. A Garland police spokesman said at the time that investigators were still working to determine all the circumstances surrounding that crash.
Tracking Crash Data Across the Region
Bicycle and pedestrian crashes across North Texas are tracked through several regional and state resources, though each comes with its own caveats. The North Central Texas Council of Governments maintains an interactive map of reported bicycle and pedestrian crashes from 2018 through 2022 across the 12-county Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Planning Area, according to NCTCOG. Those maps rely on Texas Department of Transportation crash data covering incidents that result in injury, death, or apparent property damage of at least $1,000, and NCTCOG notes that not every crash is plotted since mapped locations depend on reports containing latitude and longitude information, meaning additional crashes may have occurred beyond what's shown.
The Texas Department of Transportation also runs a traffic-safety data portal with pedestrian and pedalcyclist fatality trending data and an incident map, though specific figures weren't detailed in the available material. Separately, the City of Dallas has been working on an assessment of existing bicycling conditions, including an evaluation of network characteristics and level of traffic stress on city streets, according to a draft report posted by the city.
No further updates on the Wednesday night crash were available as of publication. Hoodline will update this story if Dallas police release additional information about the bicyclist or the investigation.
