Charles Pickett Jr. Charged With 5 Counts of Murder for Deaths of Bicyclists in Kalamazoo

A 50-year-old Battle Creek driver that struck a group of cyclists killing five in Michigan was charged on June 9 with five counts of second degree murder.
Charles Pickett Jr. Charged With 5 Counts of Murder for Deaths of Bicyclists in Kalamazoo
Hundreds bikers stand before a silent bike ride in Kalamazoo, Mich., Wednesday, June 8, 2016, to supporting the cyclists who were killed and injured in a crash the day before. Chelsea Purgahn/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group via AP
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A 50-year-old Battle Creek man that struck a group of cyclists, killing five, in Michigan was charged on June 9 with five counts of second degree murder.

Kalamazoo County Prosecutor Jeffrey Getting also charged the driver, Charles Pickett Jr., with four counts of reckless driving, according to court documents.

The incident happened on June 7 in the Cooper Township, north of Kalamazoo, where Pickett Jr. drove his pick-up truck into the cyclists, killing five and injuring four more.