{"id":4719,"date":"2011-05-11T08:27:24","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2011-05-11T08:27:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T12:27:24","slug":"arlington-cyclist-involved-in-fatal-collision-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2011\/05\/11\/arlington-cyclist-involved-in-fatal-collision-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington Cyclist Involved in Fatal Collision Identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arlington County Police Department have identified the cyclist in <a href=\"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2011\/05\/08\/cyclist-dies-in-arlington\/\">Sunday&#8217;s fatal collision<\/a> as Fitzgerald Pollard, age 44.  Unfortunately, no more details about the nature of the collision have been made public, so most theories on how it happened (including my own) remain conjecture.  Please try to be responsible in any contributions you might make toward that.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>Between Mr. Pollard&#8217;s and pro cyclist Wouter Weylandt&#8217;s death (in a high speed crash during a race) on Monday, it&#8217;s been a jarring few days.  It&#8217;s moved me to think about the <a href=\"http:\/\/clarendon.patch.com\/articles\/respecting-the-dangers-of-cycling\">dangers of cycling<\/a>, and recommit to being a more careful cyclist (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikearlington.com\/pages\/biking-in-arlington\/bike-education\/\">helping others do the same<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arlington County Police Department have identified the cyclist in Sunday&#8217;s fatal collision as Fitzgerald Pollard, age 44. Unfortunately, no more details about the nature of the collision have been made public, so most theories on how it happened (including my own) remain conjecture. 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