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Former ABC Correspondent Killed in Florida

Longtime ABC News Correspondent Tim O'Brien was killed while riding his bike here in the Jacksonville area.

Police identified O’Brien as the person killed in a crash involving two vehicles and a bicycle in Ponte Vedra, FL.

O'Brien's wife, Guadalupe "Petie" O'Brien, said she and her husband bought a home in Northeast Florida after he retired. She said O'Brien loved bicycling and went on rides nearly every day.

According to Florida Highway Patrol, a pickup truck collided with a sedan causing the car to travel off the road and hit O'Brien.

O'Brien was an attorney. He covered the U.S. Supreme Court for ABC News for more than 22 years.

H/T First Coast News

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