GREENWOOD COUNTY – A bicycle rider died in an accident just after 8 a.m. on Monday in Greenwood County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2008 Chevy Impala driven by Shawn Patrick Echols, 32, El Dorado, was east bound on U.S. 54 seven miles east of Eureka.

The car struck an eastbound bicycle ridden by Michael John Balfe, 60, Claremont, West Australia.

Balfe was pronounced dead at the scene and transported to Country Side Funeral Home.

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GREENWOOD COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities in Greenwood County are investigating a fatal bicycle accident.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported just after 8a.m. on Monday, a 2008 Chevy Impala was east bound on U.S. 54 seven miles east of Eureka.

The car struck an eastbound bicycle.

Name of the victim and additional details were have not been released.