Cyclist hit on Pioneer Trail dies
By James Gilbert, Yuma Sun
Yuma, Ariz., resident Donald Michael Irwin, who was hit by a vehicle last week while riding his bike in South Lake Tahoe has died, according to the family.
Jay Irwin, a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Yuma, said his brother was taken off life support and passed away that afternoon.
“(Donald) was probably out riding in preparation for another triathlon,” Jay Irwin said of the accident in which his 70-year-old brother was killed.
The California Highway Patrol reports that the incident happened as a 35-year-old California man was driving his 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee northbound on Pioneer Trail while going between 45 and 50 mph. Irwin was traveling in the same direction at about 20 mph.
Another senseless tragedy. Reduce the speed limit on Pioneer Trail to 40 where it is now 50 and 35 everywhere else.
Doesn’t sound like speed was the issue here. Driver swerved into the bike lane.
I suspect driver was distracted, texting?