PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Services are set for a Maine cyclist who was struck and killed on a Mississippi highway while making a cross-country charity ride to raise money for children with cancer.
James Dobson, of Lebanon, Maine, started in New Hampshire on Oct. 1 from the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock. He was 44 days into his “Positive Vibes Tour” on his recumbent bike near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, when he died. The crash remains under investigation.
The 32-year-old was raising money for Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, and more than $20,000 has been donated to a GoFundMe account.
Visiting hours being held Sunday afternoon A.T. Hutchins Funeral Home in Portland. Burial will be in the spring in Sanford, Maine.
