Gail L. Kline

Ghost Bike Erected For Gail Kline

Posted June 4, 2013 @ 9:34 pm - Filed under: Kansas

Over the weekend, a ghost bike was erected for bicyclist Gail Kline, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on May 31st near Salina.

The placard reads “Cyclist Struck Here. Remember G.K. 5-31-13″.

Gail’s husband, Kevin Kline, posted the photo to his Facebook profile, and said:

Does it get any better than Kansas? In a little less than
four days, someone has placed a memorial for Gail. This act of kindness
has filled our family with much needed condolence. It was placed
anonymously, yet I would love to thank in person whoever took the time
to make this possible.

The man arrested for killing Gail, 62-year-old Lewis Grider, was initially charged with involuntary manslaughter. Today, Grider was released from jail
“after Saline County Attorney Ellen Mitchell requested additional time
to review evidence and receive law enforcement reports before filing
formal charges”.

Meanwhile, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office seeks two drivers in hit-and-run investigation:

Deputies with the Saline County Sheriff’s Office wish to
speak with two drivers who might have seen something at the scene of a
fatal hit-and-run collision Friday.

Deputies would like to speak with a male driver of a white sports
utility vehicle who might have stopped to help the driver of a white
full-sized van after the bicycle collision in the 3800 block of West
Crawford Street between 8:20 and 8:45 a.m. Friday, according to a press
release from the sheriff’s office.

Deputies would also like to talk to the female driver of a gray
sports utility vehicle who was “waved through” the scene of the
collision by civilians at about the same time, according to the
statement.

Neither driver is a suspect in any crime. Deputies wish to speak with
the drivers to determine if they have information helpful in the
investigation of the hit-and-run accident that killed Gail L. Kline.
Those drivers are asked to call the sheriff’s office at 826-6500.

Gail’s funeral is June 6th, at Bennington Bible Church in Bennington, Kansas. According to her Obituary:

Survivors include her husband Kevin; son Taylor Kline;
twin daughters Sydney and Krysten Kline; and her siblings Richard
Tondreau, Ryan and Shane Kelly, Jody Weidman, Krysty Michl, and LaChelle
Huffman; and her father and mother-in-law Larry and Brenda Kline.

Memorials may be made to the Gail Kline Memorial Fund, in care of
Wilson Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 166, Minneapolis, Kansas 67467.
Proceeds from the memorial will go to promote bicycling safety in
Kansas.