THE JOURNAL & TOPICS NEWSPAPERS | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2005


Wheeling Cyclist Killed In Crash

Twenty-one-year-old Bartosz Purta was fatally injured in a motorcycle accident on Friday, July 15, according to the Wheeling Police Department.

Police said Purta was driving a motorcycle westbound on Hintz Road at 5:57 a.m. and hit the driver's side of an Isuzu Trooper, driven by a 20-year-old female. The Trooper was exiting southbound from Glenn Avenue into the intersection, police said.

Purta was not wearing a helmet, police said, and was not transported to a hospital.

According to police, alcohol does not appear to be a contributing factor to the accident.

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