CHARLOTTE, N.C. (News Release) — Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s (CMPD) Major Crash Investigation Unit are investigating a fatal collision involving a vehicle and a bicycle in the University City Division.

On Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025, at approximately 2:22 a.m., University City Division officers responded to a vehicle crash with personal injury call for service on E. W.T. Harris Boulevard near Old Concord Road. MEDIC also responded to the scene.

When officers arrived on scene, they located a damaged bicycle on the side of the roadway with an unresponsive rider, Paul Joseph Rucker, 59, nearby. A Ford Focus, with driver Kesha Latamria Jackson, 44, and passenger Akia Shadajah Clyburn, 26, were located in the middle of the roadway with damage to the front end.

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