Bicyclist

The bicyclist who was shot and killed in West Philadelphia Thursday morning was identified today Rasul Gresham. Gresham, 32, was shot multiple times on the 5900 block of Pine Streets, just blocks from where he lived on the 500 block of South 59th Street. Police are looking for two juveniles who raced away from the scene on bicycles. Investigators have not disclosed a possible motive. CBS3 quoted family friends as saying Gresham grew up in the neighborhood and had four young children.

A 19-year-old man on a bicycle died early Saturday after he was shot twice in the back, police said. Riquan Westbrook of North Philadelphia was found at 23rd Street and Watkins Street in South Philadelphia. He was transferred to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he died at 2:04 a.m., police said.

Kenneth Fordham went for a ride on his blue-green 10-speed bike last Friday morning and never returned home. Malvern Police are asking for help in locating him. Fordham, 33, of the 100 block of Old Lincoln Highway in Malvern, was reported last seen about 9:15 a.m. when he left his home for East Central Avenue in Paoli. Fordham wears a white bicycle helmet with red decals when he rides. He is black with a light complexion and is described as about 5-foot-6 and 180 pounds. Police say there is no apparent reason for his disappearance.

A bicyclist on his way from Vermont to Florida was found beaten in a clump of woods off Rodmor Road, near Township Line in Haverford Township after he called for help for more than seven hours Sunday, township police reported. Kevin Grover, 32, of Londonderry, Vt., was found by police about 8 a.m. He was wrapped in his sleeping bag, had blood on his face and his eyes were swollen shut. Haverford Police Sgt. Charles Brooks said Monday that Grover told officers he had been beaten by two unidentified men around 1 a.m. Sunday and lay calling for help until morning.

Charles T. Meyers, whose adult life lasted just seven months before he was jailed after being charged with last year's fatal shooting of a 14-year-old bicyclist, today will tell a Philadelphia jury his version of events leading to the death of Tykeem Law. Meyers, a 19-year-old whose baby face belies his years, will tell the court that the July 14, 2007, shooting near the Italian Market in South Philadelphia was self-defense - a reaction to...

Twisted and rusted beer cans lie discarded in the woods off Township Line Road, the remains of many parties that, until recently, generated little more than complaints from neighbors in the Drexel Hill section of Haverford Township. But now other remnants catch the eye in the woodland. Yellow plastic strips have been tied to trees here and there by Haverford police in their search for clues to the assailants who on July 13 viciously beat a Vermont bicyclist. The bicyclist, Kevin Grover, 32, died two weeks later of brain injuries from the attack.

A 47-year-old bicyclist was hit by a trolley Wednesday afternoon in Southwest Philadelphia, authorities said. The accident involving the Route 36 trolley and the cyclist occurred about 4 p.m. at Island Avenue and Lindbergh Boulevard, in the Eastwick section, according to SEPTA spokeswoman Kristin Geiger. The cyclist was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Information about his condition was unavailable Wednesday night. - Anthony Campisi

A bicyclist was killed last week in an accident on West Chester Pike in Willistown. Sean Scallan, 22, a West Chester University senior and resident of West Chester, was pronounced dead at 10:14 a.m. Saturday at Haverford Community Hospital. He had suffered severe head and neck injuries. Willistown police said Scallan was injured when his bicycle was struck from the rear by a 1981 Oldsmobile Toronado, driven by Burnell Garrett, 75, of Plum Run Road, West Chester. Police said Scallan and Garrett were traveling east on West Chester Pike about 9:20 a.m. Saturday when the car struck the bicycle, which was in the east curb lane.

A 70-year-old Vineland cyclist died Thursday morning after being struck by a pickup truck in Franklin Township, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office. Robert R. Schwinn riding along the northbound side of Route 555 (Main Road) near Weymouth Road when a 1992 Ford 150 pickup struck him from behind at 7:23 a.m. Schwinn, of the 500 block of Sarah Place, was wearing a helmet and safety reflector vest at the time of the collision. He pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics from Underwood-Memorial Hospital in Woodbury.

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who left a 17-year-old bicyclist critically injured on a street in Northeast Philadelphia. A witness told police the teenager appeared to be texting when he was hit by a dark colored sedan about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday on the 4500 block of Tyson Avenue near Ditman, in Tacony. Police said the boy was crossing the street on a bicycle when he was struck by the eastbound car. The victim was taken to Aria Health's Torresdale campus in extremely critical condition with head injuries.

A Deptford woman was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison in the hit-and-run death of a 43-year-old Woodbury bicyclist in 2010. Mary J. Dalton, 42, must serve 85 percent of the term - four years, three months - before becoming eligible for parole. She pleaded guilty on Feb. 6 to vehicular homicide in the death of Thomas McCoy, a longtime employee of a local McDonald's, on Sept. 14 and admitted she was drunk at the time. Dalton is not related to County Prosecutor Sean F. Dalton, whose office prosecuted the case.

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who left a 17-year-old bicyclist critically injured on a street in Northeast Philadelphia. A witness told police the teenager appeared to be texting when he was hit by a dark colored sedan about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday on the 4500 block of Tyson Avenue near Ditman, in Tacony. Police said the boy was crossing the street on a bicycle when he was struck by the eastbound car. The victim was taken to Aria Health's Torresdale campus in extremely critical condition with head injuries.

A NEW Pennsylvania law requiring cars and trucks to give 4 feet of clearance when passing a cyclist puts on the books what good drivers should do already, according to the bill's supporters. "All it does is codify what smart drivers and safe drivers already do," said Andrew Stober, spokesman for the Mayor's Office of Transportation. "There are 20 states that have this law. " The statewide law, which took effect Monday, allows drivers to pass over yellow lane lines to make way for cyclists.

Lanaye Jones, 24, was arrested Saturday on charges of drunken driving and related offenses after she hit a bicyclist at 30th and Diamond Streets and then fled, Philadelphia police said. They said that immediately after Jones struck the bicyclist, at 6:55 a.m., witnesses called 911, and she was stopped by police in her 2000 Suzuki Esteem at 19th and York Streets. Jones, of the 100 block of West Sylvania Street, was taken to police headquarters and charged. The bicyclist, a 22-year-old man, was not immediately identified.

Lanaye Jones, 24, was arrested Saturday on charges of drunk driving and related offenses after she hit a bicyclist at the intersection of 30th and Diamond Streets and then fled from the scene, police said. They said that immediately after Jones struck the bicyclist, at 6:55 a.m, witnesses called 911, and she was stopped by police in her 2000 Suzuki Esteem at 19th and York Streets. Jones, of the 100 block of West Sylvania Street, was taken to police headquarters and charged. The bicyclist, a 22-year-old man, was not immediately identified.

A bicyclist died Sunday evening after he was hit by an SUV on the Black Horse Pike in Egg Harbor Township. Police have identified the 19-year-old victim as Patrick Dutton of nearby Mays Landing, also in Atlantic County. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., the bicycle was struck by an eastbound 2005 Ford Explorer driven by Steven Rando, 40, of Egg Harbor Township, according to police. The bicycle was apparently in the roadway, instead of on the paved shoulder, judging from evidence at the scene, according to police spokesman Lt. Robert Gray.

A BRITISH TOURIST who died in search of the perfect body, a pregnant woman and her unborn child who were beaten to death outside traffic court and a KYW traffic reporter slain by a butcher-knife-wielding bicyclist were among the city's more notorious deaths this year. Here's a look back: * Feb. 7: Tovoyia Owens, 21, was killed along with her unborn child when she was beaten to death outside of Philadelphia Traffic Court in broad daylight. Walter Williams, 26, is awaiting trial on third-degree murder charges for the beating, which was allegedly spurred on by an ongoing dispute he had with Owens' boyfriend.

A 47-year-old bicyclist was hit by a trolley Wednesday afternoon in Southwest Philadelphia, authorities said. The accident involving the Route 36 trolley and the cyclist occurred about 4 p.m. at Island Avenue and Lindbergh Boulevard, in the Eastwick section, according to SEPTA spokeswoman Kristin Geiger. The cyclist was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Information about his condition was unavailable Wednesday night. - Anthony Campisi

Advocates for bicyclists and pedestrians have launched a last-minute effort to restore funding for a proposed ramp to the Ben Franklin Bridge walkway. Plans for a $3.2 million ramp on the Camden side of the bridge were not included in the 2012 capital budget approved Wednesday by the Delaware River Port Authority finance committee. The full DRPA board will vote on the budget Wednesday. The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia on Friday asked the DRPA board to restore the money and launched an online petition drive to gather signatures of supporters of the ramp.