Bicyclist, 68, struck, killed by turning vehicle at Benbrook intersection, authorities say

A 68-year-old man on a bicycle was struck and killed by a vehicle in Benbrook on Saturday morning, authorities said.

Charles Henson was hit about 7 a.m. in the 7700 block of West Vickery Boulevard at its intersection with Old Benbrook Road, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Henson was going southwest on West Vickery Boulevard, and the vehicle was going northeast, but turning north onto Old Benbrook Road, according to Benbrook police.

Police did not describe the vehicle.

There is no evidence the driver was distracted or intoxicated, police said. Although the investigation of the cause of the collision is incomplete, police believe the driver will be cited for failed to yield right of way – turning left.

Henson, who lived in Fort Worth, was pronounced dead at a hospital about an hour after he was struck. Blunt force injuries caused Henson’s death, according to the medical examiner’s office.

Henson was a STEM instructor for a specialized lab at Fort Worth ISD’s Overton Park Elementary School, where he taught lessons on “energy, coding, engineering, math, physics, aerodynamics, velocity, thrust, speed, and other scientific forces” to students in the third through fifth grades, according to the school’s website.

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