Cyclist killed in highway accident

An accident last night on the Western Highway has left a bicyclist dead, a family in mourning, and the passengers of a bus shaken. News Five visited the scene today.

Jacqueline Woods, Reporting
Sixty-two year old Gerald Mervin Underwood usually rode his bike to his home near mile six on the Western Highway. But as he pedalled down the highway on Thursday night he was knocked off his bicycle and killed between miles three and four.

Tesa Underwood, Daughter of the Deceased
?I just get a call from my older sister about nine-thirty and she tell me the shocking news. But that shock me because I just talk to my father like the day before in the evening, so I noh really understand how that happen, you know.?

Underwood was hit by a Nissan car driven at the time by twenty-nine year old Alfonso Peyrefitte.

Jacqueline Woods
?Peyrefitte, after knocking down Underwood reportedly lost control his car and collided into the rear wheel of a bus that was travelling in the opposite direction. Luckily, none of the passengers onboard the bus received injuries.?

Tesa Underwood
?He was between three and four miles. And in his hand was a pack of wheat bread and food for my mother?

Danisha Underwood, Grand daughter of the Deceased
?And dah noh a time we expect it because things hard right…things really hard.?

Peyrefitte has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, and driving without due care and attention.

Peyrefitte and his passenger received only minor injuries after their car crashed into the bus.