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Pro cyclist killed by street racers
A professional cyclist in California was hit and killed yesterday by teen-age street racers, according to news reports.
The cyclist, 27-year-old Jorge Alvarado of Ontario, Calif., was struck by a speeding Honda Accord driven by an 18-year-old. The Accord was allegedly racing two other cars driven by high school students, and crossed onto the wrong side of the road while trying to pass them, according to sheriff’s officials in San Bernardino County.
Alvarado was thrown from his bike, landed in a nearby field and died at the scene. He was a member of the Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team.
Read more in this article from KTLA.com.
According to the blog bikinginla.wordpress.com, Alvarado won the recent UCLA Road Race and finished fifth in the Redlands Classic Pro/Am Criterion. He was scheduled to compete in the Dana Point Grand Prix this weekend.
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By Will Anderson
April 11, 2010 8:49 PM | Link to this
That’s horrible news. My condolences go out to the family and friends of that young man’s family. What a freak accident. And it occurred at 10 in the morning! It’s just scary to think about.