NAZ Today » butler http://www.naztoday.com Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:22:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Updated: Fatal Bicycle Accident at Butler and Babbitt http://www.naztoday.com/news/top-stories/2009/11/fatal-bicycle-accident-at-butler-and-babbit/ http://www.naztoday.com/news/top-stories/2009/11/fatal-bicycle-accident-at-butler-and-babbit/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:08:57 +0000 Kyle Anderson http://www.naztoday.com/?p=7758

UPDATE: The bicyclist has been identified as Joshua Pete, a Visual Communications student at NAU.

FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today) – A Flagstaff service vehicle traveling westbound on Butler Ave. near Babbitt Dr. collided with a bicyclist traveling in the same direction around 11:15 this morning.

The bicyclist was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center and pronounced deceased on arrival.

Westbound traffic on Butler will be closed until an accident reconstruction team can investigate the incident and statements from witnesses can be taken. Such a process can take several hours according the Mike Terrin of Flagstaff PD.

Details on the cause of the accident remain under investigation.

Police tape crosses the intersection of Butler and Babbit as police investigate the fatal accident.

Police tape crosses the intersection of Butler and Babbit as police investigate the fatal accident. (Photo: Chad Black/APSN)

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