Helmets and high visibility clothing were no help to a group of bicyclists when a Michigan man who was under the influence of several drugs got behind the wheel of his pickup truck on June 7, 2016.
The devastating accident in Cooper Township killed five bicyclists and seriously injured four others. It occurred when the pickup truck, traveling on a two-lane roadway, departed the travel lane to the right and struck nine bicyclists who were riding single file along the paved road shoulder.