Bicyclist killed in crash involving tractor-trailer on Akron Drive in Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — A man is dead after he was hit by a tractor-trailer while riding a bicycle in Winston-Salem, according to police.

At about 12:10 p.m. on Wednesday, officers responded to the 600 block of Akron Drive on a report of a crash involving a bicyclist and a tractor-trailer.

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According to police, Thomas Griffith Turnbull, 75, was riding a bike with traffic on Aktron Drive when a 2015 Freightliner tractor-trailer driving the same direction hit him.

Turnbull was pronounced dead at the scene…

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