Broward County

Woman dies after riding her bicycle into a pickup truck, cops say

A woman riding a bicycle died over the weekend after deputies say she crashed into the side of a moving pickup truck on a busy Broward thoroughfare.

Amy McRobbie, 47, was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital, where she died.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the accident happened just after 9 p.m. Saturday in the 4400 block of West Hallandale Beach Boulevard in West Park.

McRobbie, BSO said, was on the north side of West Hallandale Beach Boulevard and tried to cross the roadway from north to south. That’s when she hit the passenger side of a 2013 Toyota Tundra driven by German Mutti, 38, according to BSO. The Tundra was heading west in the left through lane.

Mutti was cooperating with the investigation, BSO said.

This story was originally published July 8, 2019 at 7:49 PM.

Carli Teproff
Miami Herald
Carli Teproff grew up in Northeast Miami-Dade and graduated from Florida International University in 2003. She became a full-time reporter for the Miami Herald in 2005 and now covers breaking news.
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