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A cyclist killed after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck Thursday afternoon in the Marigny has been identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner.

Philip Geeck, 52, was pronounced dead on the scene after being hit and run over by the truck about 1:40 p.m. near the intersection of St. Claude and Elysian Fields avenues, said John Gagliano, a spokesman for the Orleans Parish coroner's office.

The truck driver, identified only as a 51-year-old man from Violet, was neither arrested nor cited, according to NOPD spokesman Officer Garry Flot.