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Bicyclist killed in Key West. Traffic backed up for miles along U.S. 1

A Florida Department of Transportation camera at mile marker 5 on U.S. 1 shows traffic at a standstill because of a fatal car crash in Key West Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022.
A Florida Department of Transportation camera at mile marker 5 on U.S. 1 shows traffic at a standstill because of a fatal car crash in Key West Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. fl511.com

A bicyclist was killed Saturday after being hit by a car in Key West, police say.

The crash happened on North Roosevelt Boulevard, said Key West Police Department spokeswoman Alyson Crean, who confirmed the person killed was a cyclist.

The death investigation took hours, causing traffic to back up along U.S. 1 for up to five miles outside the city.

Details of the crash were not immediately available, and the cyclist had not been identified as of Saturday afternoon.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more details become available.

This story was originally published November 5, 2022 at 2:27 PM with the headline "Bicyclist killed in Key West. Traffic backed up for miles along U.S. 1."

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David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware.