Friends and strangers remembered Michelle Kazlausky, who died during Pelotonia in Hocking County after an accident.
Michelle Kazlausky's rider profile page on the Pelotonia Web site shows friends and strangers donating to her ride, even after her death Saturday. Kazlausky was killed, as the result of a motor vehicle accident along the bike route in Hocking County, when a pick-up truck failed to stop at the intersection of statRoute 180 and state Route 374.
Stephanie Barringer worked with Kazlausky for ten years at University Hospital East, where Kazlausky was a technologist.
"It hasn't fully sunk in. It's definitely going to be a challenge. Of course, after so long you expect to see the same people day after day. And one of our oldest employees not being there, somebody we admired and counted on, it's going to be very difficult," Barringer said.
Fellow riders and strangers left messages of sympathy and prayer on Kazlausky's Pelotonia profile page. Some say, "Rest in Peace." Others say, "I wish I could have met you."
Barringer said Kazlausky had a bike wheel in the break room at work with notes and cards about people she knew who had been affected by cancer. Pelotonia is a grassroots bike tour that fundraises for research to end cancer.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is still investigating the accident that killed Kazlausky. Troopers are looking at the brake system of the pick-up truck involved to see if it malfunctioned.
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