Marin Pedestrian Who Died After Electric-Bike Collision ID'd

MILL VALLEY, CA — A 63-year-old Marin County man, who died a week after sustaining a life-threatening head injury in an Aug. 31 collision with a driver of an electric bicycle, was identified Friday as James Charles Gordon of Sausalito.

Gordon was walking on the pedestrian-bicycle path near Gate 6 Road in the Mill Valley-Sausalito area Aug. 31 at about 8:40 p.m. when he was knocked to the ground and hit his head after being struck by a person on an electric bicycle, according to the Marin County Sheriff's Office.

The bicyclist was travelling "at a moderate rate of speed," but the crash led to Gordon's fall, rendering him "immediately becoming unconscious and unresponsive," officials said.

First responders provided aid at the scene, then took the pedestrian, who was suffering life-threatening injuries, to an area hospital, the department said.

"Despite medical treatment and interventions provided over many days with a survival interval in the hospital, the subject failed to improve and prognosis for improvement remained poor," deputies said. "The subject continued to decline in health and passed on Sept. 6, 2022."

An offical cause of death is pending completion of investigations by the Marin County Sheriff’s Office's investigations and coroner divisions, the agency said, adding that toxicology testing is in progress.

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