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Cyclist Dead - Charlie Princep
Submitted by Melissa Parrott on August 15, 2007 - 3:25pm.
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Charlie Princep: Another Dead Cyclist
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 08.15.07
Visit the link below to read the article about this young cyclist, hit by a drunk driver, while on a ride from Vancouver to Toronto.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/charlie_prinsep.php
There is a memorial happening in Toronto, if you are in the area - Friday, August 17th. Cyclists in the Toronto area to come out and join the meeting at Jet Fuel Coffee (519 Parliament St) at 6:00pm. Flyer: http://www.somnambulant.net/
There will also be a radio interview aired tomorrow morning on CBC Radio's Sounds Like Canada.
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It's terrible to hear about yet another cyclist run down... happens all too often, and more commonly intoxication is not a factor, rather these acidents are caused by the incredible ignorance, sense of privaledge and malice generated by our car-cententric society.
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