Please make it stop.
For the fifth time in just eight days, someone has been killed riding a bicycle in Southern California.
This time a woman in Woodcrest, in unincorporated Riverside County.
My News LA is reporting that the victim, who has not been publicly identified, was killed when she was struck by a driver in the residential neighborhood south of Riverside Saturday morning.
The victim suffered major injuries when she was hit around 9:40 am, at Krameria Ave and Reiner Circle, and died after being taken to a hospital.
There’s no word at this time how or why the crash occurred, or who may have been at fault.
A street view shows a three-way, uncontrolled intersection at the base of hill in each direction. So it’s possible both the victim and the driver could have been traveling at speed.
According to the My News LA, it’s not clear whether the driver remained at the scene. In fact, there’s no information of any kind about the person behind the wheel.
This is the sixth bicycling fatality that I’m aware in of Southern California this year, and the first in Riverside County.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for the victim and her loved ones.
