Round-the-world U.K. cyclists killed in Thailand crash

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press • This undated family photo shows British couple Peter Root and Mary Thompson, both 34, who were killed Wednesday in Thailand in a road accident during their round-the-world cycling odyssey. The couple, from Britain's Guernsey in the Channel Islands, left Britain in July...

LONDON—A British couple’s round-the-world cycling odyssey ended in tragedy when both of them were killed in a road accident in Thailand.

Peter Root and Mary Thompson, who had been chronicling their journey in a blog, died Wednesday when they were hit by a pickup truck in a...

Published: 02/19/2013