Jury convicts Kendall County man in fatal truck-bicycle crash

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BOERNE — Rejecting motorist Joseph T. Gabay's claim that he hadn't realized he'd hit and killed a bicyclist two years ago, a jury Friday convicted him of failing to stop and render aid to Dr. Larry Becker.

“Anyone would have known,” said one jury member departing the courthouse, noting the right portion of Gabay's windshield was shattered in the June 28, 2012 collision on the Interstate 10 frontage road.

Gabay, 69, faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced May 8 by state District Judge Keith Williams.

The defendant, a disabled veteran whose right field of vision is limited due to strokes, didn't testify at the three-day trial where Becker's splintered bike was tendered as evidence.

But jurors heard Gabay disclaim any awareness of the death in a video of a police interrogation four days later.

Becker, a local dermatologist and avid biker, was training for a race in Iowa when hit from behind about 7:20 p.m. on the 55 m.p.h. road that lacked shoulders.

Read more about the trial at Express-News.com.

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