A 38-year-old bicyclist died when she was struck by a car while riding on South River Road in Providence Township this morning (5-31-2025).
According to Toledo Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Roseann Marie Peiffer, Maumee, and two other cyclists were riding east on South River Road on the edge line on the south side of the roadway at about 9:40 a.m.
A 2011 Mercedes Benz E350, operated by Kacey B. Hilton II, 18, Grand Rapids, was traveling west on the road when it drove left of center, striking two of the bicyclists. The car drove off the south side of the road, then came to rest in the roadway.
Peiffer was declared dead at the scene. Another bicyclist, Gustav Caillaux Casalino Perez Velazco,
50,* of Maumee, was transported to the University of Toledo Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. The third bicyclist was not struck.
Hilton was checked on scene by EMS personnel for non-life-threatening injuries.
All the bicyclists were wearing helmets at the time.
The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted by the Lucas County Sheriff’s Department, the Lucas County Coroner’s Office, Providence Township Fire and EMS, Brett’s Towing.
The crash remains under investigation at this time.
*The state patrol amended the release to correct the name of the second bicyclist.
