Dodge RAM driver kills a cyclist. Media calls it a "bike crash".
Dodge RAM driver kills a cyclist. Media calls it a "bike crash".
A man turned himself into investigators on Sunday after fatally striking a bicyclist on a highway, then leaving the scene, according to Oregon State Police.
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I think you're reaching for something to be angry on this one. I read the title as "[car] crash [involving a] bike". Shorthand is not at all uncommon in headlines, which need to be snappy. They're not trying to frame the incident as caused by the bike or anything.
Exactly. Car crash makes people think of only cars. Bike crash would imply a bike and car.
Bike crash makes me think a motorbike crashed into something.
That’s fair. I always hear bike as bicycle first but I know a lot of people don’t. Bicycle crash it is then lol
Yeah, this is about as good as you’ll ever find:
A man turned himself into investigators on Sunday after fatally striking a bicyclist on a highway, then leaving the scene
Most places would just say that there was an auto accident involving a truck and a bicycle.