Chung Ko Killed in Houston Bicycle Accident on Bellaire Boulevard at Osage Street

Houston, Texas (February 9, 2022) – A man was killed Monday morning in a bicycle accident in southwest Houston, according to the police.

The deadly accident happened around 10:15 a.m., February 7, on Bellaire Boulevard at Osage Street.

Police said Chung Ko, 73, of Sharpstown, was pedaling northbound across Bellaire Boulevard at Osage Street, “possibly in the crosswalk,” when a brown Toyota Tundra pickup truck made a right turn onto Bellaire Boulevard and hit him.

Ko was taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. 

The pickup truck driver, a 51-year-old man, remained at the scene and was found not to be intoxicated. He could face a felony charge under a new crosswalk law, the Lisa Torry Smith Act, believed to have never been applied before.

The police are investigating the crash.

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