MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – A bicyclist died late Saturday night after being hit by two vehicles near Middletown.
The 62-year-old St. Helena man, whose name has not been released by the California Highway Patrol pending notification of family, was hit on Highway 29 south of Central Park Road, officials reported.
The CHP's report said that at approximately 10:12 p.m. Saturday 62-year-old Alma Louise Cross of Clearlake was driving her 1992 Chevrolet Blazer northbound on Highway 29 at 50 miles per hour, with the bicyclist traveling southbound at an unknown speed on a NEXT La Jolla bike.
For reasons that the CHP said are yet to be determined, the man allowed his bicycle to veer into the northbound lane, where he collided with Cross' Blazer.
As a result of the crash, the man was thrown from his bike and landed in the highway's southbound lane, the CHP said.
Aria Dawn Mulvihill, 21, of Hidden Valley Lake, who was driving a 2006 Volvo S60 southbound on Highway 29 at approximately 50 miles per hour, hit the bicyclist while he was lying in the roadway, the CHP said.
The man died of his injuries at the scene, according to the report.
The CHP said Cross, her passengers Daniel David Wilder, 59, and Douglas Ray Alexander, 52, both of Clearlake, as well as Mulvihill and her passenger, 23-year-old Zach Montana Strickler of Hidden Valley Lake, were all uninjured.
The two drivers and three passengers were wearing their seat belts. The CHP said the bicyclist was not wearing a helmet.
Drugs and alcohol were not factors for Cross and Mulvihill, according to the report, but the CHP added that it is unknown at this point if they were contributing factors for the bicyclist.
The crash is under investigation by CHP Officer Ryan Erickson.
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Late night crash claims life of bicyclist
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