A mother was driving to her son's football game near Watsonville Tuesday when her sport utility vehicle struck a bicyclist, friends said.The bicyclist died at the scene. He was wearing athletic bike gear and was riding on a blue road bike. On Wednesday the California Highway Patrol identified him as a 73-year-old Aptos man, but did not release his name. The fatal accident happened at 2:45 p.m. when, according to the CHP, the bicyclist made an abrupt left turn into on-coming traffic. An SUV traveling northbound on Salinas Road hit the bicycle and he flew into the windshield. The 43-year-old Watsonville woman who was driving stayed at the scene. Her two children, ages 8 and 9, were in the SUV at the time of the accident, and the driver said she was in shock. CHP officers remained at the scene for hours investigating what caused the crash.

A mother was driving to her son's football game near Watsonville Tuesday when her sport utility vehicle struck a bicyclist, friends said.



The bicyclist died at the scene. He was wearing athletic bike gear and was riding on a blue road bike. On Wednesday the California Highway Patrol identified him as a 73-year-old Aptos man, but did not release his name.


The fatal accident happened at 2:45 p.m. when, according to the CHP, the bicyclist made an abrupt left turn into on-coming traffic.

An SUV traveling northbound on Salinas Road hit the bicycle and he flew into the windshield.

The 43-year-old Watsonville woman who was driving stayed at the scene. Her two children, ages 8 and 9, were in the SUV at the time of the accident, and the driver said she was in shock.

CHP officers remained at the scene for hours investigating what caused the crash.