{"id":25544,"date":"2014-08-31T23:02:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T04:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=25544"},"modified":"2014-08-31T23:02:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T04:02:41","slug":"texas-bicycle-blog-and-news-digest-august-31st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/31\/texas-bicycle-blog-and-news-digest-august-31st\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycle Blog and News Digest August 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"

E. Texas cyclists raise money for one of their own<\/a><\/h2>\n

By Holly Gonzalez\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.kltv.com<\/h4>\n

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\nTYLER, TX (KLTV) – An East Texas bicyclist is in the hospital recovering from serious injuries after getting hit by an SUV Tuesday.
\nPolice say 42-year-old Kristin Blaise was struck by 20-year-old Devin Hunter, who was on his cell phone at the time. A group of East Texas cycling enthusiasts are pitching in to raise money for Blaise.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Blaise is kind of momma bear, is the best way to put it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says friend and fellow cyclist Joe Self.
\nOn the night Kristin was struck, Self says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153She was actually with a rider that didn’t have very good lights on [his] bike and she had better lights. She was actually shadowing that rider, trying to protect him and that’s when…<\/p>\n