Driver was allegedly distracted by a bug prior to fatal Cambridge cyclist crash last fall

Authorities allege Junming Zhu collided head-on with John Corcoran, who was riding his electric bicycle along Memorial Drive last September.

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Nearly 10 months after he allegedly struck and killed a cyclist in Cambridge, a Malden man appeared in court Monday as he pleaded not guilty to motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation.

Junming Zhu, 26, is accused of killing 62-year-old John Corcoran, who was mortally wounded while biking near Boston University’s DeWolfe Boathouse on Memorial Drive last September. Zhu purportedly told authorities he lost control of his SUV and jumped the curb because he was distracted by an insect, court documents revealed…

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