Bicyclist dead after being hit by dump truck near Rice University

Houston Police officers investigate he scene where a bicyclist was fatally struck by a dump truck on the intersection of South Main Street and Sunset Boulevard Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Houston. Houston Police officers investigate he scene where a bicyclist was fatally struck by a dump truck on the intersection of South Main Street and Sunset Boulevard Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Houston. Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, Houston Chronicle Photo: Godofredo A. Vasquez, Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 30 Caption Close Bicyclist dead after being hit by dump truck near Rice University 1 / 30 Back to Gallery

A bicyclist died Tuesday after being struck by a dump truck near Rice University, the third cyclist killed after being hit in the past month.

The woman, who has not been identified, was killed about 11:55 a.m. in the 6000 block of Main near Sunset, according to the Houston Police Department.

She is believed to have been leaving Rice University after meeting her husband for lunch in the area, Assistant Chief Wendy Baimbridge said.

Both the bicyclist and the man driving the dump truck had a green light at the time of the crash, Baimbridge said. The dump truck was making a right turn off of Sunset to go south on Main, while the woman entered into the intersection from a sidewalk and was struck by the right back tire of the truck.

It is unclear who may have been at fault, Baimbridge said.

The death marks the third time this month that a bicyclist has been hit and killed by a vehicle in the Houston area.

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On April 11, a woman on her bicycle was hit and killed by a Jeep Grand Cherokee on the South Beltway frontage road near Dickinson Road. She was riding in the middle of the inside lane of traffic when she was struck, police said.

And on April 12, a 32-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run in Chinatown. He was riding his bicycle possibly in the shoulder of the road when a car hit him and drove off, police said.

Another woman was hit and killed on Oct. 7, 2017 in the 6800 block of the East Sam Houston Parkway in the outside lane of a feeder road, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

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