Sally Meyerhoff, marathon winner, dies in bicycle accident
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Sally Meyerhoff, who won P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n Roll Marathon in January, died after being struck by a pickup truck while riding her bicycle Tuesday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for Maricopa, Ariz., said Meyerhoff was killed instantly. Police are investigating the accident.
Meyerhoff’s marathon victory in Phoenix earlier this year was her first. She had qualified for the 2012 Olympic Marathon Trials.
-- Chuck Schilken
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
