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2 Nov, 11 tweets, 3 min read
Hitting cyclists and walking free seems to be a trend in Texas.
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A Massachusetts man was killed outside Houston Saturday when a driver crashed into a group of cyclists who were near the midway point of a 2,400-mile cross-country bicycle ride.
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Police identified the slain cyclist as 51-year-old Kent Joshua Wosepka from South Hamilton, Massachusetts.

He was among six cycling enthusiasts making their annual trek from San Diego to St. Augustine, Florida, when the collision occurred Image
The group was heading east on FM 787 in Liberty County, approximately three miles outside Rye, Texas, around 11 a.m. when a 66-year-old man driving a Ford Escape "failed to maintain [his] speed" and crashed into the group, according to Sgt. Erik Burse of Texas DPS.
Wosepka was airlifted to a Beaumont hospital about 40 miles away.

He was pronounced dead Sunday.
The driver was released from the scene without charges or a citation despite the initial police note about his speed.
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Investigators with Texas DPS are continuing to piece together what happened and will determine if charges are to be filed, Burse said.

The driver was three miles away from home when the crash occurred.
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@jayrjordan has an update on the other cyclists involved:
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Saturday's collision is the second high-profile bike crash in Greater Houston in as many months.
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On Sept. 25, a 16-year-old driver crashed into a group of cyclists in Waller County.

The teenager was let go, despite severely injuring a number of the riders.
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The district attorney is set to announce potential charges regarding the Waller incident on Nov. 8.
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