Crime & Safety

Peninsula Bicyclist Hit, Killed by Car

The accident happened at Page Mill Road and Christopher Lane in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County.

A bicyclist was killed in a traffic collision with a Volkswagen Golf early Tuesday morning near Palo Alto, the California Highway Patrol reported.

The accident was reported at around 6:50 a.m. near the intersection of Page Mill Road and Christopher Lane in unincorporated Santa Clara County, according to the CHP.

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The Santa Clara County Coroner’s office was called to the area at around 7:30 a.m. and pronounced the victim dead at around 8:20 a.m.

The CHP is handling traffic control in the area and a coroner’s investigator has been called to the scene.

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The name of the victim has not been released.

It is not known at this time if drug or alcohol was a factor in the accident.

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