Greensboro Woman Dies After E-Bike, Pickup Truck Crash on Randleman Road

Alyssa Wingfield, a 36-year-old Greensboro woman, was riding an e-bike south on Randleman Road on the morning of April 2 when she turned abruptly from the left turn lane near Glendale Drive into the path of a southbound Ford F-150. She was transported by ambulance to a local hospital, where she later died of her injuries.

Greensboro Police, Greensboro Fire and Guilford County EMS arrived at the intersection at approximately 6:50 a.m. and began life-saving measures on scene. The department's Crash Reconstruction Unit took over once the immediate response concluded, closing the intersection for several hours before investigators cleared the road.

Investigators said the truck driver was not impaired and was not traveling at excessive speed. That finding shifts the focus to the crash mechanics: sight lines at the intersection, the speed differential between an e-bike and a pickup truck sharing a southbound lane, and the abruptness of a rightward turn that gave the F-150's driver little or no time to react.

Randleman Road has claimed other lives in similar circumstances. In December 2024, 77-year-old James Lenward Jones was struck and killed by a Toyota Tundra while crossing the road outside a designated crosswalk. His death came during a stretch in which Greensboro broke its annual record for pedestrian fatalities. Investigators found neither speed nor impairment to be factors in that crash, either. The recurring pattern points to something more structural: a high-volume corridor that mixes truck traffic with cyclists and pedestrians in conditions that have repeatedly proved fatal.

The City of Greensboro has acknowledged the road's deficiencies through its Randleman Road Corridor Plan. Phase two covers the 2.3-mile stretch between Interstate-40 and Interstate-85 and calls for improving sidewalks, adding bicycle lanes where feasible, upgrading signage and traffic signals, and better connecting the corridor to surrounding neighborhoods. City planners have framed the plan around four goals: movement, modernization, safety and wellbeing. Construction timelines for those improvements have not been announced.

E-bikes add a layer of complexity that the corridor's existing design does not account for. Unlike traditional pedal bicycles, they can reach speeds that blur the line between cycling and motor-vehicle travel, creating crash dynamics that neither drivers nor cyclists may anticipate. Wingfield was navigating a left turn lane with no bike-specific infrastructure between her and oncoming traffic on a road that, by the city's own planning documents, needs significant redesign.

The Crash Reconstruction Unit's investigation remains active. Anyone who witnessed the collision or captured footage near the intersection of Randleman Road and Glendale Drive between 6:30 and 7 a.m. on April 2 is asked to contact the Greensboro Police Department. Investigators are also expected to release additional findings as their analysis continues.