A bit of awful irony in the news. Two police officers were killed near Perrysville, IN while on a cross-state bicycle ride as part of a fundraiser designed to raise money for families of fallen officers.
Gary Dudley, an Indiana State Police lieutenant from Indianapolis, and Gary Martin, the former Lake County Sheriff’s Department police chief, were killed when a freight truck smashed into their support vehicle on a four-lane highway near Perrysville, a farm town of 500 residents about five miles east of the Illinois border.
Just terrible.
Also the irony that they started their ride at the memorial that two of them will be added to.
As I read about this, I can’t help but think of the times I have been on my bike on highways just like that. Most of the time, people give my lone bike plently of room. Their support truck had flashing lights and everthing, but was still hit with enough force to kill the bikes in front of it! Sad.
Be sure to visit Resisting Inertia for a personal story about Lt. Dudley.