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DC Cyclist Fatally Hit By Truck On Way To Government Job

A woman riding her bike was struck and killed by a commercial truck in D.C. while on her way to her government job, police said.

Shawn O'Donnell

Shawn O'Donnell

Photo Credit: Shawn O'Donnell's LinkedIn Page

Shawn O'Donnell, 40, was riding  near the George Washington University campus around 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, when a Mack truck made a turn into her and they collided, the Metropolitan Police Department reported.

Despite life-saving efforts, O'Donnell died in a nearby hospital, police said.

O'Donnell's death marks the second time in less than a week that a cyclist died while riding in D.C., according to NBC4. 

On Friday, 65-year-old Michael Gordon was struck and killed at around 2:30 a.m., by a dump truck while riding his bike in a D.C. crosswalk, according to WTOP.

She was a State Department foreign service officer and two weeks before her death, she had climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, NBC4 said.

Click here for the full story from NBC4 Washington.

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