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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, 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 …
Ex-US Marine From Hudson Valley Killed In Ukraine After Joining Fight Against Russia
A Hudson Valley man has been killed fighting alongside Ukraine this week, according to CNN.
Willy Joseph Cancel, age 22, formerly of Orange County, was killed while working with a private military contracting company when he was killed on Monday, April 25, CNN reported.
Cancel, a former US Marine, and a corrections officer in Tennessee, signed up to work for the company shortly after the war broke out a the end of February, his mother, Rebecca Cabrera confirmed to CNN.
"He wanted to go over because he believed in what Ukraine was fighting for, and he wanted to be a part of it to …
