AMBULANCE KILLS BICYCLIST 09-24-2009

BOLIVAR COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING AN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FATALITY. AUTHORITIES TOLD WABG THAT AN AMBULANCE STRUCK AND KILLED A BICYCLIST IN BOYLE AT 1 A.M. THURSDAY. THE MAN, 32-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL THOMAS, SWERVED IN FRONT OF THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE DYING INSTANTLY. THOMAS PASSED AWAY DUE TO BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE CHEST. BOLIVAR COUNTY DEPUTY CORONER DR. J.O. TRICE SAID THOMAS WAS DRUNK AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. "APPARENTLY HE WAS INTOXICATED, AND RIDING UNDER THE INFLUENCE AND PULLED RIGHT INTO THE PATHWAY OF THE ONCOMING VEHICLE," SAID TRICE. A CRACK PIPE WAS FOUND THOMAS WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.