Overview

• The bicyclist was struck around 9:50 a.m. Tuesday on the 1600 block of Belmont Avenue near Avenue of the Republic and later died at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
• Investigators say a black Dodge Charger and a black Chrysler were speeding through the intersection when one of them hit the rider, and the Chrysler has not been publicly accounted for.
• On the way to the scene, officers found a Dodge Charger on Sedgley Avenue with people appearing to inspect front-end damage and seized the vehicle for the Crash Investigation Division.
• No arrests have been announced, and police are asking anyone with information to call 215-686-8477 or submit an anonymous tip online.
• The victim’s family is pleading for witnesses to come forward as cycling groups renew calls for protected infrastructure, noting this is the city’s fourth cyclist death this year.