The high-ranking Episcopal bishop involved in a fatal bicycle crash in North Roland Park Saturday also pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol in 2010, court records show.
Bishop Suffragan Heather Elizabeth Cook, the second-highest ranked official in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland and the first woman bishop in the state, has not been charged in Saturday's fatal crash. Thomas Palermo, 41, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the crash, which happened around 2:30 p.m. in the 5700 block of Roland Ave, which is just south of Lake Avenue. He lived in Anneslie, just over the line in Baltimore County.
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