It’s been a bad year for bike riders in Ventura County.
And it’s just getting started.
According to KEYT-TV, a man was discovered lying on the side of the road on Fifth Street near Harbor Blvd in Oxnard shortly after 4 pm Saturday, suffering from severe injuries.
A paywalled story from the Ventura County Star reports his badly damaged bicycle was discovered nearby.
The victim, identified only as a 53-year old man, died at the scene.
Police determined that he had been riding east on Fifth when he was apparently rear-ended by a driver headed in the same direction, who fled the scene.
There’s no description of the driver or suspect vehicle at this time, and no word on which way they fled.
A street view shows bike lanes on Harbor, but nothing on Fifth.
Anyone with information is urged to call Officer Joseph Clarke at 805/385-7749, or email joseph.clarke@oxnardpd.org.
This is the 32nd bicycling fatality that I’m aware of in Southern California this year, and the fifth we know about in Ventura County; three of those deaths have now occurred in Oxnard.
It was also the 9th fatal hit-and-run involving a bike rider in Southern California this year.
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