Green Party Candidate killed by SUV while riding bike

[kia027]

This is sad on so many levels

Natasha Pettigrew, Green Party Senate Candidate, Dies After Being Struck By SUV While Riding Bike
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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — A Green Party candidate running for U.S. Senate in Maryland has died after being hit by an SUV while riding her bike.

Maryland State Police say 30-year-old Natasha Pettigrew died early Tuesday. She was hit by an SUV in Prince George's County early Sunday.

Police say the woman driving the Cadillac Escalade that hit Pettigrew kept driving nearly four miles to her home, even though the bicycle was still lodged underneath the vehicle.

Police say the woman thought she hit a deer or a dog and didn't want to stop in the early morning hours. When she and her husband found the bicycle under the SUV, they called police.
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[kia027]

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When I'm not working or reading, you can usually find me biking -- and that's why I was distressed to hear that Natasha Pettigrew, a Maryland Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, has died from injuries sustained in a bike-car collision.

The young woman was hit by an SUV early Sunday morning, while training for a triathlon, according to the Washington Post. Today, word came that she had died. Pettigrew wasn't going to win this election, but she had a promising future as an athlete, political candidate and law student. "We'll never know what great things could have come from this bright young woman, Green Party co-chair Karen Jennings said in a statement.

Unfortunately, this sort of accident seems more and more common, as cars get bigger and the number of bikers grows. In fact, in Baltimore County on Saturday, there will be a fund-raiser -- Larry's Ride -- for Larry Bensky, who was killed this spring while riding. He left behind a wife and two young children.

So please, next time you're on the road -- on a bike or in a car -- be careful.

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[kia027]

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[britisha]

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Gone too soon.

RIP Natasha.