USA Biking introduced yesterday that 17-year-old bicycle owner Magnus White died throughout coaching in Boulder, Colorado when a driver hit him with their automotive on Saturday. White was lower than two weeks away from touring to Glasgow, Scotland, to compete within the Junior Males’s Mountain Bike Cross-Nation World Championships on August 10.

He was additionally a Boulder native and is described as “a rising star within the off-road biking scene.” Not too long ago, he received the 2021 Junior 17-18 Cyclocross Nationwide Championships, competed with the USA Biking Nationwide Crew in European Cyclocross racing, and later the 2022 UCI Cyclocross World Championship. He additionally represented the U.S. on the Cyclocross World Championships in January 2023. Earlier this summer time, he earned a spot on the Mountain Bike World Championships group.

“We provide our heartfelt condolences to the White household, his teammates, associates, and the Boulder group throughout this extremely troublesome time,” USA Biking mentioned in an announcement, including, “We trip for Magnus.”

In response to the Denver Submit, White was using alongside Colorado 119 north of Boulder on Saturday afternoon when the 23-year-old driver of a Toyota Matrix hit him along with her automotive. He was taken to the hospital the place he was pronounced lifeless. Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gabriel Moltrer instructed the Submit that they don’t imagine medication, alcohol or velocity have been an element however are contemplating distracted driving as a trigger. In the mean time, it doesn’t seem that the driving force has been arrested.

This information comes lower than two weeks after a bicycle owner in Denver was killed by a hit-and-run driver in a Toyota FJ Cruiser. Police discovered the alleged driver, Steven Bielas, later that evening and arrested him. Only some days earlier, yet one more Denver driver ran over a bicycle owner, sending her to the hospital. She reportedly suffered a damaged femur, 5 different leg fractures, pelvic fractures and, in response to her GoFundMe, 11 fractured ribs. The bicycle owner, Dana Fells, is reportedly secure after surgical procedure however nonetheless faces an extended highway to restoration. Denver police cited the driving force with careless driving leading to damage and driving with out a legitimate license.