LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A driver hit and killed a woman on her bicycle early Thursday morning, then took off.
Around 5 a.m. Joyce Tompkins, 49, was riding her bike east on Fern Valley Road near Ulrich Avenue and Industrial Boulevard when she was hit from behind. The driver of that vehicle did not stop. Police said there were no witnesses of the crash, but another person found the woman injured on the side of the road.
Jimmy Fisher, a Ford Motor Plant employee who takes Fern Valley Road to work, was told that the woman had a light on her bicycle and was wearing a reflective vest.
“You know, she was doing what she was supposed to do,” he said.
That portion of Fern Valley Road doesn't have street lights or a bike lane, making the area potentially hazardous for those who use bikes to travel.
“You know, we need a safe place to get to work," Fischer said. "A lot of people perceive us as cyclists as not people. We're people. We have families to go home to, we have jobs to go home to."
LMPD said the driver has come forward and the vehicle was recovered.
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