Services held for Augusta cyclist

The Augusta Chronicle reports funeral services were held Saturday for Dr. Matthew Burke, a Fort Gordon surgeon struck by a motorist while cycling along a roadway in South Carolina.

He died Feb. 6 of injuries from the Oct. 1 collision.

SUV driver Daniel Johnson, 41, has been charged with reckless homicide, Trooper Judd Jones told the AJC last week.

Read the Augusta Chronicle story here.

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