Homeless and Mentally Ill, a Former College Lineman Dies on the Street [NYTimes.com]

Samantha Sangenito 12/3/1512:00 PM

About an hour after sunset recently, Ryan Hoffman rode his bike, a hot pink Huffy, into oncoming traffic on an unlit stretch of Highway 17-92 here.

Hoffman, once a standout football player at the University of North Carolina, collided violently with a rusty white Ford Mustang, striking the front bumper and then slamming into the windshield with so much force it sounded like a gunshot. As the car skidded to a stop, Hoffman was hurled down the road.

[For more of this story, written by Juliet Macur, go to http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12...tntemail0=y&_r=1]

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