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Man On Bike Dies After Being Struck By Car In Raleigh

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RALEIGH, N.C. — No charges will be filed against a driver who hit and killed a man Tuesday night, the Raleigh Police Department said Wednesday.

Hector Peralta Velasquez, 37, was riding his bicycle at about 9:20 p.m. eastbound on

Hillsborough Street near Nowell Road

when a 1987 Pontiac driven by Emily McGill, 29, of Cary, struck him, according to police.

Investigators said the bicycle did not have any lights or reflectors.

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