Colombian cyclist and winner of the 1996 Vuelta a Colombia Miguel Sanabria (Lotería de Boyacá) died on Saturday, October 7, in a road traffic accident in his home country. Sanabria was travelling in a van when the vehicle crashed head-on into a bus in Las Gemelas, North of Bogotá. The bus driver tried to pass another van when the accident occurred. Sanabria, who just finished racing in the Vuelta a Boyacá, was the only person involved in the crash that died from his injuries.
