LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has identified the local man who died Wednesday afternoon after he was struck while riding his bicycle by a vehicle whose driver fled the scene.
Lt. Corey Paulich said Terry Lee Cook, 73, of Lakeport, was the victim of the hit-and-run crash, which took place shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday on Lakeshore Boulevard, north of Hill Road East in north Lakeport.
The California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office said Cook was riding his bicycle southbound on Lakeshore Boulevard when he was hit by a white 2005 Kia Sorrento driven by 33-year-old Amber Bruhn, 33, of Nice, who also was traveling southbound.
The CHP said the impact of the crash threw Cook over Bruhn’s vehicle and onto the roadway. Despite the efforts of medical personnel who arrived at the scene to treat him, Cook died of his injuries.
Bruhn fled the scene of the crash and left the Kia at a nearby hotel. CHP officers found her within hours of the crash and determined she was the vehicle’s driver, the CHP said.
The CHP’s initial Wednesday night report said she was arrested. However, the CHP said Thursday that she was not formally arrested or booked into the Lake County Jail. Officials don’t suspect alcohol or drugs were involved.
The investigation is ongoing, the CHP said Thursday.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call the CHP’s office in Kelseyville at 707-279-0103.
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Sheriff’s office identifies bicyclist killed in Wednesday hit-and-run crash
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