Posted 02/04/2010
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Remembering Kevin Black One Year After His Death

It was exactly one year ago today when cyclist Kevin Black of Seattle, Wash., was killed in an accident near a busy intersection while commuting to work. He was traveling south on 24th Ave. NW in Ballard when the driver of a white van pulled away from the curb to his right, apparently making a U-turn.

An avid cyclist and father of two girls, Black was a regular fixture in Seattle’s bike racing scene and was a member of Alki/Rubicon Racing, a local team that competes in cyclocross, road and mountain bike races.

Kevin worked at the University of Washington as a molecular neurobiologist and once pedaled from Seattle to his hometown in Southern California to attend his high school reunion. He was just 39 years old when he died.

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