Hockessin Cyclist Killed Less Than a Mile From Home
Update (9/16/14): “DuPont manager charged in Hockessin hit-and-run“
Update (9/16/14): “Chief says arrest near in Hockessin hit-run death“
by Chris Barrish
Published in The News Journal
September 14, 2014
Phillip Bishop of Hockessin
The clock was ticking toward midnight Friday when Johanna Bishop of Hockessin began worrying for her son Phillip’s safety.
The 27-year-old supervisor at PureBread deli in Greenville usually rode his bicycle home from work, and should have arrived before 9 p.m.
As she was about to grab her keys to drive around and look for him, she heard a knock at the front door.
“I thought it was Phillip and I was thinking, ‘Thank God,’ ” Bishop said from her living room Saturday in Stuyvesant Hills in Hockessin. “So I ran down and opened the door and I saw the policemen there.
“They told me there’d been an accident and it was a hit-and-run and Phillip didn’t make it. The world changed in just a split second.”
Read entire article in The News Journal.
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3 Responses
I hope this despicable human being is prosecuted to the full extend of the law and I hope that DuPont does the right thing and promptly terminates his employment.
I sincerely hope that the prosecution goes all out as far as questioning where this man was before the accident, what he had been doing, and most importantly, questioning others about how much he had to drink. The way he turned himself in considering the evidence against him, despicable. Total slime.
I am a former hardcore cyclist, riding all over this country as well as Europe on every terrain and toad type imaginable.
I stopped riding on Hockessin roads in the 90s. they were not safe even back then.
i NEVER rode in the dark.
I am heartbroken that two men made two conscious decisions to be reckless.
One chose to ride a dangerous road in the dark. The other chose to drive out of control.
Both men are responsible for the grisly outcome.
We cyclists want what we can NEVER achieve on New Castle County roads – safe cycling.
Make decisions with your heads, not your hearts.
PLEASE don!t ride in the dark.