The cycling community is mourning the loss of one of their own after a collision claimed the life of Bruce Rosar in Apex on Saturday.

According to police reports, around noon, Rosar, 52, of Cary, was traveling north on Salem Street and a Honda was traveling south.

"The initial investigation indicates that the passenger in the car was traveling south going out of town on Salem Street and the bicycle was coming into town. The bicycle made a left-hand turn into the pathway of the southbound vehicle," Apex Police Chief Jack Lewis said in a televised interview.

He was transported to WakeMed where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Honda stopped at the scene but wasn't indentified to news media.

Rosar, an avid cycling advocate and bicycle safety instructor, had been bicycling in the Triangle area for over two decades. He was the owner of Triangle Roadway Bicycling, and according to his Web site, he taught cycling safety and lectured on bicycle safety to area businesses and at bike rallies.

With a long list of credits to his name, he was a Director of the North Carolina Active Transportation Alliance, a founding member of the NC Coalition for Bicycle Driving, the Education Officer for the NC Bicycle Club, the elected representative for Region 3 on the League of American Bicyclists Board and a member of the CAMPO Bicycle/Pedestrian Stakeholders Group.

Rosar was a BCBSNC Foundation sponsored Blue Biker from 2001 thru 2004. From 2001 to 2002, he was a member of the Task Force which developed the CAMPO Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan. In 1999 and 2000, he provided expert advice to the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Bicycle Element of the Cary Transportation Plan (as acknowledged in the "4 E's of Cycling" section).

He was President of the NC Bicycle Club during 2002 and 2003. He also organized the rest-stops for the Tarwheels Bicycle Club's BikeFest 2000. He acted as the cycling advisor for the annual Pilot Club bike rodeo in Cary from 1994 to 2001.

"We do believe there were a number of possible witnesses who were in the vicinity of the time," Chief Lewis said. "And anyone who has information we would certainly ask that they contact the police department."

The number of the Apex Police Department is 919-362-8661.