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A 59-year-old San Benito man was killed Wednesday afternoon after a car struck the bicycle he was riding and sent him crashing into the vehicle, authorities said.
Rodrigo Villarreal, 59, was riding his bicycle on Farm-to-Market Road 732 north of U.S. Highway 281 in the San Benito area when the crash occurred, which was around 1:16 p.m. Wednesday, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety news release.
Villarreal was traveling northbound when a man driving behind Villarreal in a Honda Civic crashed into him.
DPS said this caused Villarreal to “go airborne and land on the windshield of the Honda.”
The cyclist was transported to Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, where he later died.
Troopers suspect the driver of the Honda was distracted at the time but not driving under influence.
The investigation remains ongoing.
