Bicyclist Killed in Accident Identified
A 39-year-old Oxnard man who died New Year’s morning after being struck by a car while he rode a bicycle on Channel Islands Boulevard has been identified as Fidel Lopez-Zuniga.
Lopez-Zuniga was pronounced dead about 7:15 a.m. Monday at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, Deputy Medical Examiner Armando Chavez said.
Lopez-Zuniga was struck about 5:30 p.m. Dec. 31 as he rode his bike across Channel Islands Boulevard northbound from Paula Street.
He failed to yield at a stop sign at Paula Street and was hit by a 1997 Mitsubishi Montero that was eastbound on Channel Islands Boulevard, Officer Ernie Orozco of the Oxnard Police Department said.
The driver, Amber Osborn, 25, of Simi Valley, was not injured, Orozco said. Osborn’s 2-year-old daughter, Paris, was also uninjured, he said.
Osborn was traveling within the 35-mph speed limit and was not cited, Orozco said.
After sustaining serious head injuries, Lopez-Zuniga was put on a life-support machine, officials said.
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