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Elderly Bicyclist Hit & Killed by Car in North Augusta

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A 74-year-old man riding his bicycle in North Augusta was killed after being hit by a car Monday morning.

The Aiken County Coroner’s Office along with the North Augusta Department of Public Safety is investigation the early morning crash that claimed the life of 74-yer-old George Batten. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle on the 400 block of Bergen Road, Coroner Darryl Ables said in a press release.

“Mr. Batten was riding his bicycle eastward on Bergen Road when he was struck from behind by a 2013 Kia shortly after 7 a.m.,” the coroner said. “Mr. Bergen died of blunt force injuries.”

There are reports that the sun may have been in the face of the driver. A second accident occurred there when a car struck a police vehicle that was helping block off traffic from the fatal wreck. The sun was also a factor there, according to media reports.

The North Augusta Department of Public Safety is continuing the investigation.

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Greg Rickabaugh
Greg Rickabaugh
Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle, The Augusta Press and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel.
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