Thursday, June 24, 2010
RINGTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania community is mourning the death of a 19-year-old bicyclist who was struck by a car in New Mexico while riding across the country to raise breast cancer awareness.
Officials say John Anczarski, of Ringtown, Schyulkill County, died Tuesday of injuries suffered a day earlier in New Laguna, N.M. Anczarski and three friends were riding from Pennsylvania to California as part of a fundraising project they dubbed “The Pink Pedal.”
Anczarski’s fellow riders say he was struck by a sport utility vehicle Monday night.
Police say the investigation into the crash has been turned over to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. No charges have been filed.