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Duane Roth Day Declared in Honor of Bicycle Accident Victim

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Dudek Law Firm

November 5 has been declared Duane Roth Day in San Diego in honor of the civic leader who died from injuries sustained in a July 21 bicycle accident. According to the La Jolla Patch, the City Council made the declaration to honor Roth, who a colleague called “a great San Diegan in every sense of the word.” Todd Gloria, San Diego’s interim mayor, told the Patch that Roth was “an entrepreneur and collaborator who changed the way we lived and the way we worked.” We first reported on this story on August 7. Roth, 63, had the accident while riding near Lake Cuyamaca, hitting a rock embankment as a result of the crash. The force of the collision was so severe that it broke Roth’s bicycle helmet. After the accident, Roth was taken to UCSD Medical Center by helicopter and had to undergo surgery to relieve pressure on his brain…
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Cyclist Seriously Injured in Poway Bicycle Accident

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Dudek Law Firm

On October 26, a cyclist was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident while taking part in a cancer ride in Poway, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. The Pedal the Cause ride, which raises funds for cancer research, was in full swing on SR-67 when the accident occurred. The crash happened shortly before 9:45 a.m. The cyclist was hit by a Dodge pickup truck, according to witnesses. “The incident was reported as a hit-and-run because the pickup driver and another motorist, reportedly jockeying to be first where the two lanes merged, kept going,” sheriff’s Sgt. Robert Brunk told the Union-Tribune. The driver of the Dodge and the other car, a Volvo S60, were later stopped in Ramona. The pickup truck driver reportedly denied having any idea that he had struck the cyclist, and both he and the Volvo driver told the authorities they did not even remember seeing the cyclist….
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Cyclist’s 3,000-Mile Ride Nearly Cut Short by San Diego Bicycle Accident

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Dudek Law Firm

A San Diego bicycle accident almost derailed Scott Whidden’s 3,400-plus mile roundtrip ride from Seattle to Mexico, according to ThurstonTalk.com. Scott began his ride in July by taking part in the annual Seattle-to-Portland Classic, a 205-mile trek between the two northwest cities that included 10,000 riders. However, once the event ended in Portland, Scott kept going. Whidden was determined to match a feat his father had accomplished 30 years ago: riding from Seattle, Washington to Santa Cruz, California. “I was pretty sure I could make it,” Whidden told ThurstonTalk.com. Not only did Scott match his father’s feat, he surpassed it, riding all the way down to Tijuana, Mexico and making the return trip all the way back to Seattle. “I wasn’t planning on doing that,” Whidden said. “But things went better than I thought they would on the way down. So, I figured I’d ride my bike home.” Scott never…
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