Family remembers biker who died in Cambridge crash – Boston 25 News

NEWTON, Mass. – The family of 62-year-old John Corcoran continued to mourn at their home Thursday evening, remembering their loved one who was struck and killed by a car in Cambridge on Monday.

The Newton native was riding his bicycle on Memorial Drive Monday evening when, according to police, a driver lost control of his vehicle and struck Corcoran.

He was later pronounced dead at Mass General Hospital.

The family tearfully remembered the tragic day.

“Monday was a normal day,” said Barbara Bower, John Corcoran’s wife.

That evening she noticed that her husband was not home after his daily bike ride to Cambridge.

She continued: “He never rides his bike at night. That’s when I called the police.”

Police broke the tragic news to Bowers on Monday. She decided to drive to Harvard University early Tuesday morning to break the news to her two children, a junior and a senior at the school.

Jack Corcoran, John's son, recalled his mother waking him up in his dorm and saying, “Jack, Dad got hit by a car and died last night.”

The family then shared the news with John Corcoran's daughter Christine.

“Grieving, crying, screaming, sobbing,” she recalled. “He was terrified of being hit by a car.”

The family remembered their father as an avid biker and loving father.

Jack ended with the words: “The fact that he's not here in the house, I can't describe it.”

The family are now calling for safer conditions for cyclists in Cambridge and beyond.

Bikers are expected to gather near the BU Boathouse on Friday demanding the same thing. This is the third biker death in the city since June.

No charges have been filed in connection with Corcoran's death.

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