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CHOP doctor struck and killed by speeding driver as she biked near Rittenhouse Square

Barbara Friedes, a CHOP medical resident, was struck from behind by a Volkswagen driven by a 68-year-old man on the 1800 block of Spruce Street, police said.

Barbara Friedes was killed when a man driving a Volkswagen that hit her from behind while she was cycling in the bike lane on the 1800 block of Spruce Street on Wednesday night, police said. Friedes, 30, was a resident at CHOP.
Barbara Friedes was killed when a man driving a Volkswagen that hit her from behind while she was cycling in the bike lane on the 1800 block of Spruce Street on Wednesday night, police said. Friedes, 30, was a resident at CHOP.Read moreCourtesy Cole Friedes