Be careful out there, folks.
A Weatherford man who was riding his bicycle along the Interstate 20 access road near Willow Park was killed Thursday night when he was struck by a pickup truck.
Thomas Hollrith Jr. 46, of Weatherford, was westbound on his bicycle along the north service road between Ranch House and Mikus roads when he was struck by a 2007 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Jason Clark Perkins, also of Weatherford, said trooper Simon De La Cruz with the Department of Public Safety office in Weatherford. The truck is owned by EOG Resources, of Houston, he said.
The accident happened shortly before sunset, the sun was in the driver’s eyes, and he did not see Hollrith, De La Cruz said.
Hollrith, who was wearing a helmet, was riding in the middle of the road and not along the shoulder, the trooper said.
Perkins was heading home from a restaurant when the accident occurred, De La Cruz said.