Frank Cabral

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Frank Cabral
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Age: 41

Location:
Hoxsie 4 Corners
Warwick , RI
United States

A ghost bike in honor of Frank was placed at Hoxsie Four Corners, in Warwick.

Another memorial was placed for him near where he was killed on US-1 in Charlestown, RI, his wife was photographed in front of it. 

Frank Cabral of Warwick was run down and instantly killed in the
breakdown lane of Route 1 by a distracted driver.

According to this article

"..a sport-utility vehicle traveling south on Route 1 veered off
the road into the shoulder, fatally striking Frank J. Cabral, 41, of 90
Sheffield St., Warwick, who had left a summer cottage he was staying at
on Matunuck Beach Road to go for a bicycle ride. Cabral was riding in
the same direction, on the shoulder of the road, witnesses said.

Cabral was pronounced dead at the scene by the state medical examiner."

Cyclists are forced to
ride in this area in the breakdown lane while cars regularly speed at around 65 mph.  In 2008, the
City of Warwick RI passed Frank's law, named
in his honor, which fines motorists for passing within 3 feet of a
cyclist. 

The women who hit Frank was eventually charged in his death. but was not charged with a felony