Valley Center Man Killed in San Diego County Bicycle Accident
On July 21, 2009, a bicyclist was fatally injured on a rural road in North San Diego County when the bike he was riding was struck by by a pickup truck.
The victim, Angel Guadalupe Galvez, 37, had been cycling southbound along Cole Grade Road in Valley Center as the 1992 Chevrolet pickup approached from behind, around 8:15 a.m. according to California Highway Patrol. As the driver tried to pass Galvez just by Fruitvale Road, the struck intercepted the bicycle. Medics that had arrived on the scene took Galvez to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, where Galvez, a Valley Center resident, was pronounced dead a short time later.
The driver of the truck was identified as 50-year-old Gregory Pile of Valley Center, and was uninjured. It was not made clear whether Pile would face charges in connection to the accident or not. The roads nearby were close for 90 minutes to allow for cleanup and investigations. You can read more about this Valley Center bicycle crash in this 10news.com story.
If you or anyone you know has ever been injured or killed in a San Diego bicycle accident, please contact San Diego personal injury attorney Ross Jurewitz and the San Diego injury attorneys at the Jurewitz Law Group at (619) 233-5020. You may also contact these San Diego accident attorneys online here.
