Winnipeg Bicyclist Raising Money For His Granddaughter Hit & Killed on I-29

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KVRR/AP) — A bicyclist from Winnipeg who was raising money for his granddaughter’s kidney transplant has died in a Sioux Falls hospital.

Jean-Pierre Petit was on a long-distance ride and hit from behind by a cargo truck last Thursday while riding on the shoulder of Interstate 29.

He had passed through Fargo earlier in the week on June 6th.

The 53-year-old was planning to cycle from Winnipeg to Hot Springs in the Black Hills where there’s a fountain of natural spring water called the Kidney Springs.

Highway Patrol is investigating whether to file charges against the 65-year-old truck driver.