WALNUT, Kan. (AP) — A Chanute man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Washburn University professor who was killed while competing in a cycling race in Crawford County.
Kansas media outlets report the 37-year-old man was also charged Thursday with reckless driving, improper passing of a bicycle and driving on the left side in a no-passing zone. He has been released on a $75,000 bond.
Authorities say 60-year-old Glenda Taylor of Topeka died in the accident June 7 in rural Walnut when she was struck by the suspect’s pickup truck while she was warming up for the Kansas State Time Trial Championships.
Washburn University President Jerry Farley says Taylor was a Washburn faculty member for 27 years.