From our Network:
Start your engines! Driving.ca is Canada's leading destination for the latest automotive news, reviews, photos and video.
Find out more ›
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Man charged in hit-and-run that killed Strathroy cyclist

A man has been been charged in a hit-and-run that killed a Strathroy father who was riding his bicycle on a rural road on Thanksgiving Monday.

A man has been charged in a hit-and-run that killed a Strathroy father who was riding his bicycle on a rural road on Thanksgiving Monday.

Story continues below
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

Middesex OPP said Friday that Frederick Earhart, 51, of Brooke-Alvinston is charged with failing to stop at an accident resulting in death. He was arrested Thursday and held in custody for a bail hearing scheduled for Friday, police said.

Distroscale

Johannes Smolders, a 45-year-old father of two, was cycling in the evening on Oct. 11 on Calvert Drive, southwest of Strathroy, when he was hit and knocked off his bike, police said. He died at the scene.

Following the crash, police appealed to the driver to turn themselves in. A few days after the crash, police said investigators determined the vehicle that hit Smolders was an older model Dodge Dakota or Dodge Durango with damage to its front passenger side corner and headlight assembly.

Police asked auto repair shops and repair outlets to be on the lookout for a damaged vehicle matching that description, or someone coming in to buy repair parts.

In a video posted by police at Christmas, Sonia Freiter, Smolders’ widow, described the pain her husband’s death had caused the family and urged the driver to come forward.
This Week in Flyers