CBS Atlanta and the AJC are both reporting that Georgia Tech assistant professor Kurt Lang Frankel was killed in a Florida bicyling accident on Saturday.
Both sources cite Florida Highway Patrol reports that said Frankel was traveling east along U.S. Highway 98 in Walton County when a car struck the rear of his bike. He died a short time later at an area hospital.
Frankel, 33, was an assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Georgia Tech.
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The Northwest Florida Daily News reported that the driver of the Mercedes Benz C240, 19-year-old Alexandra Elise Alford, was headed east in the outside lane when she hit the back of Frankel's bicycle, knocking him from the bike.
Frankel was wearing a helmet when he was hit.
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The car's driver was not injured, but she is expected to be charged for causing the accident. Police said alcohol was not a factor.
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