Yet another bike rider has been murdered by a hit-and-run driver.
The Eastsider is reporting that a man was killed riding his bike in LA’s Cypress Park neighborhood Saturday evening.
According to the LAPD, the victim was riding east on San Fernando Road near Pepper Street when he was rear-ended by an unknown driver around 7:15 pm.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was described only as a man in his 50s or older, which suggests that he has still not been identified three days after his death.
Police investigators have been unable to find any witnesses to the crash, but are attempting to identify the suspect vehicle from debris left at the scene.
The crash occurred somewhere near the park. It happened just minutes after sunset, so victim should have still been visible, with or without lights.
Anyone with information is urged to contact LAPD Detective Berdin at 213/833-3713 or email 31958@lapd.online.
This is at least the 24th bicycling fatality in Southern California already this year, and the seventh that I’m aware of in Los Angeles County. It’s also the fourth that has been publicly reported in the City of Los Angeles.
Nine of those SoCal deaths have been hit-and-runs.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for the victim and his loved ones.
Thanks to Streetsblog’s Joe Linton for the heads-up.
