‘Riding for Ryan’: Boy’s death leads to probation and bike-safety program

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The story of Ryan Marsman’s death as the 6-year-old boy rode his bike did not end Friday in the courtroom.

The boy’s parents have started “Riding for Ryan,” which is handing out yellow bike safety flags to keep kids safe.

“We just don’t want any family to go through what we’re going through, and we want to turn this into something positive, let Ryan do some work,” Ryan’s father, Andy Marsman, said after Friday’s court hearing for the driver in the fatal crash.

The parentscreated a Facebook pageand recently started their son’s work, at places like the Gerald R. Ford International Airport.

“We are handing out to children free of charge bicycle safety flags to help promote visibility and just get the kids seen and to just raise the awareness of drivers that there are a lot of little kids that we can’t see while we’re driving,” Andy Maarsman said.

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