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Cyclist dies after collision with loose dog on river trail in Durango. ( Colorado )
Durango Herald ^ | May 9, 2025 | Jessica Bowman

Posted on 05/09/2025 6:05:28 PM PDT by george76

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1 posted on 05/09/2025 6:05:28 PM PDT by george76
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No mention of helmet or speed.


2 posted on 05/09/2025 6:12:40 PM PDT by jimfree (My 22 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than Joe Biden.)
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To: george76

We won the FR Daily Double. Bicycles and pit bulls in the same post. This should be good. ;0)


3 posted on 05/09/2025 6:13:50 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting.)
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To: george76

Bicycle riders are rude and entitled and always making their point.


4 posted on 05/09/2025 6:16:55 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: george76

The unleashed dog was said to be either a Lab or a Pit Bull.
Those are two very different looking breeds.
It would be hard to mistake one for the other, unless we’re talking about someone just making a wild guess.

My bet is it was a Pit Bull, because a large percentage of people who own that breed tend to casually disregard leash laws they don’t personally find convenient or pleasing.


5 posted on 05/09/2025 6:19:00 PM PDT by lee martell
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“...a medium-sized blond Labrador or pit bull terrier.”

Confusion about that?


6 posted on 05/09/2025 6:24:23 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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“My bet is it was a Pit Bull, because a large percentage of people who own that breed tend to casually disregard leash laws they don’t personally find convenient or pleasing.”

You’ve never hiked around Boulder. The owners are incredibly rude and privileged.


7 posted on 05/09/2025 6:26:21 PM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: lee martell

The problem here is the “journalist.”


8 posted on 05/09/2025 6:26:47 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: DesertRhino

At 76 years of age, I doubt Mr. Miller was aggressive, rude and entitled. He was probably going slowly and cautiously.


9 posted on 05/09/2025 6:29:44 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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To: Paladin2

As the two most common breeds, it is not impossible to imagine a creature being half lab/half pit bull, and bearing some resemblance to both.


10 posted on 05/09/2025 6:29:46 PM PDT by babble-on
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“While Durango police have not determined whether the dog or cyclist initiated the collision”. Maybe the dude liked to run over dogs on his bike and this time it killed him.


11 posted on 05/09/2025 6:29:48 PM PDT by kawhill (Finish’d the whole, and laboured every part With patient touches of unwearied art. Tennyson)
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To: DesertRhino

Feel sorry for the dog’s family.


12 posted on 05/09/2025 6:31:15 PM PDT by BobL
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To: babble-on

I have a 1/4 Husky, 1/4 CBR, 1/4 Pit Bull, 1/8 [yellow] Lab and some other stuff.

She presents as a yellow Lab/Husky.


13 posted on 05/09/2025 6:35:24 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: super7man

If it’s a bicyclist and a pitbull, kind a hard to know who to root for.


14 posted on 05/09/2025 6:37:06 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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An unleashed dog is what is called negligence per se. These thoughtless dog owners are rude and entitled.
Of course, yeah, there are some careless bicyclists, but there’s no excuse for an unleashed pit bull or lab when it should be controlled, if leashed this old boy would still be alive.


15 posted on 05/09/2025 6:38:40 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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“While Durango police have not determined whether the dog or cyclist initiated the collision”.
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Maybe the dude liked to run over dogs on his bike and this time it killed him.

Maybe. Or maybe the dog had a thing against bicyclists and saw this old dude as an easy mark.

16 posted on 05/09/2025 6:39:02 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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“ You’ve never hiked around Boulder. The owners are incredibly rude and privileged.”

Durango is not Boulder.

Durango is like low-life central.


17 posted on 05/09/2025 6:41:13 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: fidelis

Being old is a risk.

Being old and riding a bike is a risk.

Being a loose dog around moving bikes is a risk.

Life is totally risky.

That’s how Insurance Companies make money. [Lieyawhers too.]


18 posted on 05/09/2025 6:43:35 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Fungi

The reporter is too biased?
Some may never have been taught the fine line between
Reporting and providing a Personal Opinion.
Not the same at all.


19 posted on 05/09/2025 6:54:44 PM PDT by lee martell
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The dog was described by witnesses as a medium-sized blond Labrador or pit bull terrier.
....................................

Whut?


20 posted on 05/09/2025 6:56:52 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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