Now we finally know what happened.
In Friday’s update, we mentioned multiple reports that someone was killed in a collision involving a bicyclist in Azusa Thursday morning.
Now we know that the previous reports were right.
And wrong.
According to My News LA, 74-year old Upland resident Stephen Naftilan was riding at mile marker 24.10 on San Gabriel Canyon Road around 10:15 Thursday morning, when he fell to the right and collapsed in the roadway.
Another bicyclist and a passerby witnessed his fall, and found he was unresponsive when they stopped to help.
He died at the scene.
Apparently, there was no one else involved.
Anyone with information is urged to call the CHP Baldwin Park Area office at 626/338-1164.
This is at least the 50th bicycling fatality in Southern California this year, and the 18th that I’m aware of in Los Angeles County.
My deepest prayers and sympathy for Stephen Naftilan and all his loved ones.
