A Clay County bicyclist was killed this Monday evening when he was hit in the head by a piece of furniture, which was hanging from a passing truck.
Mark G. Torres of Orange Park died at the spot of the accident on Blanding Boulevard, at north of Collins Road in Duval County.
Torres, 40, was riding a bicycle north on Blanding when a motor vehicle, driven by Joseph P. Painter, 20, of Jacksonville, passed him. A piece of furniture enlarged from the right side of the truck’s taxi hit Torres in the head, the Florida Highway Patrol reported.