Victim Identified in Fatal Bicycle Accident

Police have identified the victim of a Friday fatal accident involving a bicyclist on Amherst Street.
Christine Reeves, 46, of Nashua, was pronounced dead at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center shortly after the 5:40 p.m. accident.

Police detailed the accident as follows:

On 23 August 2013, at approximately 5:40 p.m., members of the Nashua Police Department’s Uniform Division responded to the area of Celina Avenue and Amherst Street for a motor vehicle accident involving a tractor-trailer and a bicycle. The victim, Christine Reeves, age 46, of Nashua, was transported from the scene and later pronounced dead at Southern New Hampshire Regional Medical Center. The driver of the tractor trailer was uninjured.

The Nashua Police Accident Investigation Unit, with the assistance of the Criminal Investigation Division, has determined that Ms. Reeves was operating a bicycle on an access road near 610 Amherst Street, towards Celina Avenue. The tractor trailer was moving northerly on Celina Avenue towards Amherst Street when Ms. Reeves rode out into the roadway and struck the vehicle.

At this time speed and alcohol do not appear to have played a role in the accident and it does not appear that there was any improper driving on the part of the tractor-trailer operator. Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to contact the Nashua Police Department at 603-594-3500.