CALIFORNIA BICYCLE NEWS AND CYCLING SAFETY TIPS BLOG

64-year-old Arthur Jacobs was an avid cyclist who rode his bike to work every night. His nightly trip and his life were both cut short on Wednesday night when a pickup truck struck him on El Camino Real near Cassia Road on Wednesday night. Jacobs was flung from his bicycle and died at the scene. Meanwhile, the driver of the pickup truck, 23-year-old Julianne Thomson, fled to a nearby apartment complex, where she ditched her truck and hid in the bushes. She has been charged with manslaughter, felony hit-and-run and driving under the influence. Jacobs’ bereft family is shocked and angered by the incident. According to NBC San Diego, Jacobs’ daughter, Melissa Tennant, has expressed the family’s confusion about why Thomson did not stop to help Jacobs. Tennant says, “I don’t know how to describe it, I am just very angry.” Tennant says her father preferred to ride his bicycle…
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A special fund-raising benefit is being held on July 22 for 13-year-old Cody Allen, a young man from New Jersey who was injured in a tragic bicycle accident.  The money raised will help go towards Cody’s medical expenses. Cody collided with an SUV at an intersection on May 16. “My friends and I were at a park nearby, and when we left, another friend and I were going down a hill,” Cody told NJ.com reporters.  “The brakes went out.” As Cody was approaching the stop sign, he shouted to his friends that his brakes were not working, and one friend told him he was clear to pass through the intersection.  He did not see the SUV approaching the intersection at the same time, and Cody collided into the side of the vehicle.  Cody turned so his right side of his body would absorb the impact, but his leg became caught…
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