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Two cyclists killed in annual group bike ride in New Hampshire

Square Wheels

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/21/us-usa-cyclists-crash-idUSBRE98K0F320130921

(Reuters) - Two cyclists died in New Hampshire on Saturday when a car slammed into an annual group bike ride up the New England coast that draws up to 1,600 riders a year, police said.
The 40th annual Granite State Wheelmen Tri-State Seacoast Century Ride had been on the road for less than two hours when a car driven by 20-year-old Darrien Hess crossed over into oncoming traffic and hit a group of four, according to a statement by the Hampton Police Department in New Hampshire.
Pamela Wells, 60, and Elise Bouchard, 52, both of Massachusetts, died in the morning crash, police said. Two more cyclists, as well as Hess, were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
The police statement did not say whether charges would be filed.
The ride has been hosted each year by the Granite State Wheelmen bicycling club since the group's inception in 1971.
It runs over two days in late September and features routes ranging from 25 to 100 miles along the Atlantic coast, starting and ending at New Hampshire's Hampton Beach State Park.
Police did not say whether the event would continue on Sunday, and calls to the club phone number on Saturday were not answered.
It was unclear how many riders had signed up for this weekend's ride, but the event site said the club limits registrants to 1,600 riders.

UPDATE 9/24/2013
http://www.wcvb.com/news/local/police-defend-actions-after-bicyclists-killed-by-unlicensed-driver/-/9848876/22090072/-/f8wx37/-/index.html
'I saw car coming right at me,' says survivor of fatal cycling crash Woman strikes, kills two Massachusetts women in Hampton


http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/driver-charged-in-crash-that-killed-2-bicyclists/-/9857858/22100324/-/tpf59g/-/index.html
Driver charged in crash that killed 2 bicyclists Seabrook 19-year-old charged with 2 counts of negligent homicide

UPDATE 9/26/2013
http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/woman-accused-of-giving-driver-fentanyl-hours-before-fatal-crash/-/9857858/22130392/-/qw82l6z/-/index.html
Woman accused of giving driver drugs hours before fatal crash

3rd person charged in connection with fatal Hampton crash
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Dottleshead

You're going to have to excuse my language but I hope this worthless turds saw a lot of jail time.  This is effed up to the nth degree.

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Square Wheels

I've tried to follow it, but it's been hard.  I think she will be getting a fair amount of jail time from the last report I was able to read.

It was a nice ride, but I couldn't bring myself to do it last year.  People getting killed during a fun ride really puts a damper on things.

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