Crime & Safety
UPDATED: Arlington Cyclist Dies on Minuteman Bikeway in Bedford
The man, who suffered an apparent heart attack, was found by a jogger on Sunday, June 23.
Update, 10 a.m., Monday, June 24
Bedford police have identified the deceased cyclist as 52-year-old Perry Stone of Arlington. Bedford police, state police and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are investigating the incident.
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Original post, 8 a.m., Monday, June 24
A 52-year-old Arlington man died after suffering an apparent heart attack on the Minuteman Bikeway Sunday evening in Bedford.
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Emergency responders were unable to revive the man, whom a jogger found slumped over a guard rail along the bikeway in the area of Wiggins Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. on June 23, according to Bedford Police Sgt. Paul Saunders.
The man, whose name was withheld Sunday night, was apparently bicycling alone, Saunders said, and may have been down for a while before being discovered.
According to Saunders, the man was slumped over a guardrail and down an embankment in an area past a bridge on the bikeway, near Wiggins Avenue and the Lexington line.
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