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Holyk Accident Reconstruction 1

This is an accompanying reconstruction video prepared for the investigation into a May 23, 2014 accident that fatally wounded 15-year-old Ryan Holyk, who died about two weeks later. It depicts what would have happened if Holyk hadn't fallen off his bike, as investigators concluded. Although Spokane County deputy sheriff Joe Bodman initially thought he'd hit Holyk, who was crossing against a traffic light at night on a bike with no brakes and wasn't wearing a helmet, investigators concluded he'd missed the teen. This video shows that if the teen hadn't fallen, he would have collided with a pickup truck that was alongside the deputy's patrol vehicle a couple of lanes over. Both videos were provided by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office.

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