Man Charged After Crash That Killed Bicycle Rider

A Massachusetts man has been arrested after a crash that killed a man on a bicycle in East Windsor.

Police say 32-year-old Samalier Rivera-Tirado was riding a bicycle that was struck head on by a van on Route Five yesterday afternoon.

He was rushed to the hospital, but was pronounced dead a short time later.

A 34-year-old Springfield man Waldemar Serrano-Acevedo was arrested at the scene after police say he failed a standardized field sobriety test.

The man is being held on one-million-dollars bond.

(South Windsor, CT Fire Department Photo)


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