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A local Virginia Beach doctor, Joseph V. Mirenda, 49, was hit by a car in Harrisonburg on Tuesday morning. The accident killed the anesthesiologist, who was reportedly biking from Wintergreen to James Madison University to visit his son.
Mirenda was headed west on the two-lane Port Republic Road at about 10:45am when he was hit by a 2004 Ford Taurus being driven in the same direction. The Taurus struck him from behind, and he died on the scene from his injuries.
It took authorities about a day to identify Mirenda’s body. Mirenda, a cardiac anesthesiologist, has been working at Anesthesia Specialists on South Rosemont Road since 2003.
The driver of the Taurus, 22 year old Jessica Chandler, may have been texting when she hit Mirenda. Police would not confirm whether or not this was true, and charges are still pending against Chandler.
The accident investigation is ongoing and charges have yet to be filed. Texting while driving has been the topic of new legislation in Virginia and is the subject of much research. Recent studies have shown that texting while driving increases the chance of a crash by 23 times.
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