LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The California Highway Patrol said that a bicyclist killed along Highway 29 Tuesday morning was hit by two different vehicles before succumbing to his injuries, with a Clearlake woman arrested later in the day for allegedly leaving the crash scene.
The bicyclist who was the victim of the crashes was a 59-year-old Lower Lake man whose name CHP did not release Tuesday evening.
The CHP also said that it arrested Aimee Christine Hubbard, 25, of Clearlake, the first motorist who hit the man before she allegedly left the scene.
A second driver, John Weeks, 62, of Hidden Valley Lake, also hit the bicyclist, who was pronounced dead at the crash site, according to the CHP.
The CHP report said the bicyclist was riding a Fuji 24 speed northbound on Highway 29, north of Clayton Creek Road at 7:44 a.m., when the visibility was reduced due to fog.
Hubbard was driving northbound in a 1999 Chevy Suburban, and as she passed she struck the man, who fell to the ground in the northbound lane, according to the CHP.
Two witnesses in separate vehicles were driving northbound approaching the crash scene and when they saw the man in the lane they were able to pull over to the shoulder, the CHP said.
The CHP said that as both witnesses were going back toward the bicyclist to help him, they saw him trying to get up.
Weeks was driving northbound in a 2008 Toyota Prius approaching the scene, and he failed to avoid hitting the bicycle or the rider in the roadway, the CHP reported.
During this time, Hubbard left the scene in her vehicle. The CHP said that about an hour and a half later, Hubbard went to the Clearlake Police Department and said she had been involved in the crash.
The bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, according to radio reports Tuesday morning.
Due to fog in the area, several other collisions were narrowly avoided, fire radio traffic had indicated.
Highway 29 was closed for several hours while officers worked at the scene gathering evidence on Tuesday. The CHP reported that the highway was reopened at about 2 p.m.
Hubbard, a nursing assistant, was booked into the Lake County Jail on Tuesday evening on a charge of hit and run causing injury or death. Her bail was set at $50,000.
The CHP said both the collision between Hubbard and the bicycle and the subsequent crash involving Weeks remain under investigation.
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