Bicyclist Identified in Fatal Hit and Run Collision

Strange. The 2 suspects were found and caught in Isla Vista. They will be locked up for awhile.

This story is so gut wrenching. Leaving a dying women and running away to ostensibly avoid responsibility. Unreal.

Unreal on all accounts, even the cop car being hit. Imagine a 20 year old pretty much wrecking his future by drinking, driving, and killing. Condolences to the family and friends of the bicyclist.

Jeezus! And just 4 days ago there was that incident on Baker lane, one block over. What is up with that area? So sad to hear, this is tragic!

Such a dangerous stretch of road for bicyclists and for pedestrians, especially between the 7-11 and Calaveras, and even in the daytime! Growing up in that area, my parents would get mad at me (out of concern for my safety) when they heard I rode my bike on that particular stretch. May her soul rest in peace.

Very sad. I lost an uncle to a drunk driver. I personally would not want to be on a bike at 10pm on a poorly lit frontage road.

Not reported here or in other local media (except Noozhawk): a bicyclist was hit by a car on Ontare at Foothill Rd in San Roque Thursday around 5pm. The intersection was cordoned off for 3 hours for a crime scene investigation. The victim was taken to Cottage with severe head injury. No word on condition.

"SB vehicular and pedestrian fatalities more than double that of COVID-related deaths this past week."

This was not an accident. Those of us living in this man's neighborhood having been calling authorities about him for YEARS. He routinely harassed women and girls in the Brandon School neighborhood, trying to run us down with his bicycle, blocking our way on the sidewalk, and even stalking us in our own yards. His family claimed that he was mentally ill and uncontrollable while at the same time insisting he was not a threat to the public. When we learned a few months back that he had acquired a vehicle, we alerted the authorities once again, fearing that he would run someone over. Sadly and tragically, that has come to pass. Who bears the responsibility for this, I ask you?

Is this the new normal? Police throw their "hands up" with no process/law that works legally for them, with no place these very seriously ill can go to be stabilized. Ashamed powerless families never handle it either. How did he get a car? Register it? This is also a" hit and run" political move:
HIT the police with impossible PC rules, a type of "handcuffs", then blame them for not doing anything after many attempts by neighbors RUN: We now have "societal"mental illness--driven by "political correctness" and wrong beliefs about law enforcement's capability . Then we RUN from our responsibility to support the police to fight this apathy. Even with neighbors FREQUENTLY reporting fears and clear issues with very seriously mentally ill people, there is no rational response plan in place? There can be NO response until it is a confirmed an assault, rape, death, DUI or a combination of crimes, even more costly result over time. Maybe some of these very disturbed people just get worse crying for help with their social-isolation, and becoming the harassers, bullies, criminals out of lack of care, and pushed over the edge by powerless of the police. Unable now to act and cease the offenders DUI/drug abuse, their anti-social behavior, and in many cases their chronic homelessness.
Every bike trip is a challenge greater than COVID 19 now, and giving both guns and cars to these folks seem to endorse allowing a gunned motor to act like a gun! Remember a UCSB driver plowing into students? We have serious "memory loss" when it comes to politically promised policies for new effective methods of observation and care. (Former and retired Mental Health professional)

just an observation. ive noticed a lot more people speeding on surface streets and driving less than defensively since the onset of covid-19. not that it applies to this case, but i think people are unusually angry right now and it doesnt transfer well behind the wheel.

I live just a few hundred meters from where this happened and I often cycle along this stretch of road on my way to the shops. The speed limit is 45mph and I have always thought this is too high, though this might not have been a factor here. The main road is not straight and drivers entering from side roads cannot always see far enough along the road - some time ago there was a crash at an intersection just a few blocks away.

2+ comments: 1)this is all predictable given all the high density "workforce" (think communist China) housing popping up everywhere: more people in a given area, more problems. 2)The tech companies were trying to do a PR push and touted SB as being bicycle friendly when they were trying to attract high quality workers from SF and other tech hubs. What a joke. SB is NOT bicycle friendly. And taking away lanes from our streets and turning them into bike lanes won't help. The increasing amount of traffic will still be on the roads at some point during your bike trip due to the high density housing and increasing employee populations on the roads due to more lrg businesses coming into the area. Eventually they want to coax/force us all into public transportation, bikes and smart cities. I don't like being forced to comply with their agenda until I see Cathy Murillo and the SB city council all on a bike everyday riding to and from work from their high density housing.

Is this kid related to the man named Baker who worked for UCSB and was a constant thorn to them and to all of us on social media?

Have they released the name of the woman he hit?