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my name is jackie walker and i am on your side. >>> next on abc 2 news works for you: >> the herb salvia. ocean city banned it. what about the rest of the state? >>> it turns out that marlin we saw being hoisted up live at 6 was a history-maker. >>> plus, a baltimore city bicyclist dies trying to share the road. how his loved ones are coping. >> now abc 2 news, the latest at 11. >> a desperate plea from the family of a bicyclist killed in baltimore city. good evening. i'm marybeth marsden. the accident happened yesterday morning on the corner of maryland avenue and west lafayette near penn station. that's where we find delia goncalves to tell us what happened, and what the family is saying. delia? >> reporter: tonight police are telling us the driver of the truck was driving south on maryland avenue when he made this right on west lafayette, striking jack yates. investigators believe his body may have been dragged. tonight his family is asking for your help to find this driver. on maryland avenue, less than a mile from his home. >> it hasn't been the same since. >> he was your life, yes,

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