Sometimes it takes time for news to filter out from remote locations. Though you wouldn’t think that would apply to someplace like Chino.
Yet that’s what happened here, as news finally broke that a bike rider was killed while riding in the city last Sunday.
The weekly Chino Champion reports that 28-year old Pomona resident David Alas was riding east on Philadelphia Street at 6:51 pm when he was hit by a car traveling north on Benson Ave. He died a short time later at Chino Valley Medical Center.
No other information is available at this time.
A satellite view shows a four-way intersection controlled by traffic signals in every direction, suggesting that either the victim or the driver may have run the red light. It’s also possible that the light may have changed while the victim was in the intersection, and unable to make it across in time.
Anyone with information is urged to call Chino PD Traffic Investigator Scott Trosper at 909/334-3153.
This is the 10th bicycling fatality in Southern California this year, and the first in San Bernardino County.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for David Alas and all his loved ones.
