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CHOP Doctor Killed In Philly Crash Was 'A Shining Light,' Fund Says CHOP Doctor Killed In Philly Crash Was 'A Shining Light,' Fund Says
Chop Doctor Killed In Philly Crash Was 'A Shining Light,' Fund Says Children's Hospital of Philadelphia colleagues say Barbara Friedes "represents the best in all of us." Friedes, a 30-year-old chief pediatric resident at CHOP, died after her bicycle was struck by a Volkswagen on Spruce Street Wednesday evening, July 17, authorities said. "This news is unimaginably devasting to all who know her — most importantly her devoted husband, Cole, and her loving family," colleagues wrote on GoFundMe.  "There are no words to express the collective grief we are all feeling." The fundraiser, which has collected nearly $30,000 in less than 24 hours, will benefit…
CHOP Doctor Killed In Philadelphia Crash CHOP Doctor Killed In Philadelphia Crash
Chop Doctor Killed In Philadelphia Crash The bicyclist who died in a crash on Wednesday, July 17, was a doctor at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, according to police and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia website.  Barbara Ann Friedes, 30, was struck from behind by a 2018 Volkswagen on the 1800 block of Spruce Street around 7 p.m., Philadelphia police wrote in a release.  The Volkswagen then hit three parked cars before coming to a rest, police continued. Friedes was taken to Jefferson University Hospital and pronounced dead, while the driver of the Volkswagen was taken to the same hospital with minor …