ISU administrator dies after being struck by bicycle

Posted on October 3, 2022
The crash remains under investigation by the McLean County Coroner’s office and ISU police. (Illinois State University Police Department/Facebook)

By WJBC Staff

NORMAL – An administrator at Illinois State University died Friday morning after being struck by a bicycle last week.

49-year-old Adam Peck, an Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at ISU, was the pedestrian hit by the bicycle last Monday around 5:30 p.m.

The crash happened on the ISU campus near South University Street, according to a joint press release from McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder and Illinois State University Police Chief Aaron Woodruff.

Peck was serioulsy injured in the crash and taken to Carle BroMenn Medical Center. He was pronounced dead four days later by the coroner’s office.

The crash remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and ISU police.

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