Lexington Cardiologist Identified as Bicyclist Killed in Bourbon Co. Crash

FROM W-K-Y-T NEWS... I'M BARBARA BAILEY. AND I'M BILL BRYANT. HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT NOON. A MAN KILLED IN A CENTRAL KENTUCKY CRASH... INVOLVING A BICYCLE... HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A WELL-KNOWN CARDIOLOGIST. THE BOURBON COUNTY CORONER SAYS DOCTOR DAVID CASSIDY WAS HIT BY AN S-U-V... WHILE RIDING HIS BIKE ON LEXINGTON ROAD IN PARIS. W-K-Y-T's MARK BARBER HAS REACTION TO HIS DEATH. IT'S OUR TOP STORY AT NOON. MARK INTRO: Dr. David Cassidy's devastated employees tell me he worked as a physician in the Army back in the 1980s. Most recently, the 62-year old worked as a cardiologist at St. Joseph Hospital. He opened his private practice on Harrodsburg Road in 2014. VO: The Cardiologist Associates of Kentucky are now taking Cassidy's patients. His employees tell WKYT most of his patients live in eastern Kentucky. The 62-year old was riding his bike on Lexington Road in Bourbon County yesterday afternoon when a car crashed into him. State police say the driver who hit Cassidy didn't see him. We're told the woman had just passed a car and she was turning back into her lane when she crashed into Cassidy. The deadly wreck shut down the southbound lanes of the road near Bedford Acres Christian Church for hours. SOT: SENIOR MINISTER MITCHELL MCINTYRE/Bedford Acres Christian Church "It's definitely a tragedy and we are sorry it happened. I know people in our congregation, as soon as we learned about this, started praying. I spent the night praying and I know several people in our church were. We just want the family to know we are very sorry that this happened and that our church is here for anybody that may need counseling." MARK TAG: When state police finish their investigation they will take their findings to the commonwealths attorney... who will then decide if the driver will be charged. In Bourbon County, Mark Barber, WKYT. MILWARD FUNERAL DIRECTORS IN LEXINGTON WILL DECIDE WHEN CASSIDY WILL BURIED AFTER THEY TALK WITH HIS FAMILY LATER TODAY.