An 11-year-old boy riding his bicycle in his East Cobb neighborhood died Sunday afternoon after crashing into a car, according to Cobb Police.
Cobb Police Sgt. Wayne Delk said in a statement Monday morning that the crash happened at 5:06 p.m. on Lucky Drive, off Lower Roswell Road and between Holt Road and Old Sewell Road.
Delk said David Mondecar, 65, a Lucky Drive resident, was driving a red 2005 Volvo XC90 and was approaching a sharp left curve on that street when the boy was making a sharp right curve as he rode from the other direction.
Police said the crash happened when the front of Mondecar’s car collided with the bike.
The boy was pronounced dead at 5:40 p.m. Sunday after being taken to Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, Delk said, adding that Mondecar was not injured.
Police did not identify the victim, but social media postings in the community were mourning Blake Mahoney, whose family lives on Lucky Drive. He played in the East Marietta National Little League and was a student at Eastvalley Elementary School, where his mother is the school nurse.
A fund has been started in the school community to provide food for the family.
A GoFundMe also has been established by Jennifer Swafford, Blake’s 5th grade teacher at Eastvalley. The Blake Mahoney Memorial Fund also will help the family.
Blake was to have begun attending East Cobb Middle School this fall. His older brother Will is a student at Wheeler High School.
Delk said Cobb Police are continuing to investigate the crash and anyone with information should call 770-499-3987.
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I’m a little puzzled by this title and article. I read the article because of its odd title “… bicycle crashes into car”. The title lead me to believe that the car was parked and I wondered how the boy could have died by running into a parked car. After reading the article, it appears that the car was moving and actually hit him. The article doesn’t put it that way though. The article describes this as “The boy … and his bike crashed into the front of Mondecar’s car.” Why isn’t this simply described as “The boy and his bike were hit by the car.”? You wouldn’t ever say that a pedestrian ran into a car.
Because the boy was riding his bike into the oncoming lane. I am guessing the writer was trying to be sensitive to the matter, the boy was on the wrong side of the road, driving towards oncoming traffic and ran into the car.