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A pediatric doctor at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was killed while riding her bike in Center City on Wednesday night.

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/deadly-3-car-crash-rittenhouse-philadelphia/3915690/

The original post on the Philadelphia subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/1e5wkv0/insane_accident_on_18th_and_spruce/

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[-] wolfeh@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

The driver of the vehicle is 69 years old, police said. He was taken to a nearby hospital after suffering minor injuries. He has not been charged.

I'm sorry, what?

[-] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

implied: "yet". It means they are still writing down a list of things to charge him, some of which require waiting for property damage evaluations and so on.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Not necessarily; the vehicle may have malfunctioned or he could have had a health condition (like a heart attack) that caused him to crash.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

And maybe he was rich.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

He was replying to a very important email. You can't multitask as well at that age. The cyclist should have known better, obviously.

this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2024
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