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Thu Jan 2, 2014, 09:51 PM Jan 2014

Bond increased for man charged in fatal bicycle hit-and-run

CLEARWATER -- The man charged in Monday's fatal bicycle hit-and-run crash in Clearwater will likely be spending his second night in jail.

According to police, 29-year-old Christopher Patrick Weed killed one bicyclist and left another in critical condition in an hit-and-run accident.

Rob Lemon, 25, was hit on a tandem bicycle in Clearwater early Monday morning. According to police, Lemon died from the injuries he sustained in the crash on the Memorial Causeway at 6:30 a.m. Monday.

The second victim, Lemon's girlfriend, Hilary Michalak, remains in critical condition at Bayfront Medical Center.

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/9/3/bicyclist_dies_as_a_.html

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