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An United Parcel Service truck hit and killed a Louisiana bicyclist in Randall County Thursday afternoon.
Michael H. Hutchings, 56, of Bossier City, La., was pronounced dead at the scene after an eastbound UPS delivery truck hit him on the shoulder of State Highway 217 east of Farm-to-Market Road 1541.
According to troopers, the accident happened at about 3:15 p.m. when Hutchings glided toward the shoulder stripe, hitting his head on the truck’s side-view mirror as it passed him on the roadway.
Hutchings was not wearing a helmet.
No charges have been filed. The accident is pending investigation.
