One More Cyclist Killed

As my friend Kurt put it when posting this piece of news to his Facebook page this morning, "GOD DAMN IT."

From the KTVB site:

A 37-year-old Meridian man has died after being struck by a sport utility vehicle while bicycling in North Boise.

Boise Police were called to the intersection of Hill Road and Smith Avenue at 7:44 p.m. Thursday. Witnesses told officers that several cyclists were riding together eastbound on Hill Road when a 16-year-old driving a small SUV made a left turn directly in the path of one of the cyclists. The SUV struck the cyclist, who was wearing a helmet. He was immediately taken to the hospital. The driver has not been charged.

Something's got to change here. That's 3 cyclists killed by motorists within a month. Sadness and outrage at this are pretty overwhelming. How can you just turn into a group of cyclists in broad daylight? This better be prosecuted, hard. Something's got to change.