Once again, someone on a bicycle has been left to die by a heartless hit-and-run driver.
This time, early Sunday in Cabazon.
According to the Coachella Valley’s News Channel 3, 59-year old Whittier resident Steve De Leon was riding east on Seminole Drive, near Millard Pass Road, when he was run down from behind sometime before 1:25 am.
Friends urged anyone who saw the crash to come forward, as the CHP reported there were no known witnesses to the crash, forcing them to rely on physical evidence, if any.
Anyone with information is urged to call CHP-San Gorgonio at 1-951/846-5300.
De Leon was described as friendly to everyone in the Coachella Valley.
However, the TV station continued by citing nonspecific statistics on ebike crashes, without suggesting De Leon was even riding one. And offered information on upcoming safety improvements in Cathedral City, which is roughly 25 miles from where the crash occurred.
Absolutely none of which appears to be relevant to the crash that killed De Leon, or the coward who left him there on the street. Whether his life could have been saved if the driver had stopped to render aid or call for help, as is legally required, we may never know.
This was at least the eighth bicycling fatality in Southern California this year, and the third that I’m aware of already this year in Riverside County.
It also appears to be the second time a SoCal bike rider has been killed by a hit-and-run driver
My deepest sympathy and prayers for Steve De Leon and all his family and loved ones.
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