ENUMCLAW, Wash. – The King County Sheriff's Office says a driver who struck and killed a bicyclist early Sunday was so distraught he pulled over and shot and killed himself.
According to friends, a group gathered at a bar Saturday night to celebrate the birthday of a young man. He left the bar in the early morning hours on a bicycle to go pick up his truck at a nearby farm.
As he was cycling down the rural road, a truck hit and killed the cyclist. The truck's 24-year-old driver immediately stopped and went back to the scene. He recognized the dead cyclist as the same man whose birthday he helped celebrate earlier in the evening. Then, friends say, the overcome truck driver pulled out a gun and killed himself near the scene.
Nearby residents did not see or hear the crash.
"We're investigating to see if alcohol was a factor on the part of the driver," said Sgt. John Urquhart.
A group of tearful friends gathered near the site where a roadside memorial was growing Sunday, but none of them would comment on camera. So far, the families have chosen not to comment.
The cyclist who was killed worked on a nearby dairy farm.
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