Austin Blake Meade, 14, died in a bicycle crash on Poplar Fork Road near Beauty, Kentucky
Martin County, Ky., boy dead after bike accident, police say
The boy had been riding bikes with his cousin along Poplar Fork Road near Beauty, Kentucky, at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Martin County Sheriff John Kirk told EKB-TV. The cousin lost sight of Meade after he began speeding downhill and around a curve, losing his flip-flop shoes in the process.
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