Fatally Injured Cyclist was 23-Year-Old BU Student
Christopher Weigl, who had been pursuing a master's degree at Boston University, was killed in a bike accident on Thursday morning on Commonwealth Avenue.
The cyclist who was fatally injured in a collision with a tractor-trailer truck on Commonwealth Avenue on Thursday morning has been identified. Christopher Weigl, 23, was struck by a 16-wheeler truck around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, in the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Paul Street near the Agganis Arena. The truck had been making a right-hand turn onto St. Paul Street as Weigl traveled east on Comm. Ave. He was reportedly heading to class when the incident occured. The accident is still being investigated by the Boston Police Department. A Southborough, MA native and recent Skidmore College graudate, Weigl had been pursuing a master's degree in photojournalism at the Boston University College of Communication. He was already …
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MoonBeamWatcher
1:20 pm on Friday, December 7, 2012
It saddens me deeply that this young man is no longer with us. May G-d give his parents the strength to survive this preventable accident and for his passing to be a lesson to the BU campus and the our entire community of cyclists. Bicycle People, you certainly have "the right of way" but that does no good carved on your head stone! Cars, and in this instance a TRUCK have so much weight that an … more ›