Chula Vista Man Killed In Bicycle Accident
Jun 25th, 2009 by RichmondJ
Jim Gafney, a 65-year-old and retired computer engineer of Chula Vista, was killed during his protest efforts in a bicycle ride from Chula Vista to Washington, DC. The bicycle protest, in which Gafney was the lone supporter, involved a cross-country bicycle ride from Chula Vista, California to Washington, DC to protest government bailouts. Within the duration of his protest, Gafney was killed in a bicycle accident that is suspected to have involved drunk driving.
The bicycle accident occurred on US 50 just outside Sandoval, a city east of St. Louis, where he was hit the driver of a car. Leon K. Marlum, the 27-year-old driver who struck Gafney, fled the scene of the bicycle accident but was located and arrested on charges of drunk driving,failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, and leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Police report that Marlum claims not to have seen Gafney in adequate time to prevent the bicycle accident.
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