Authorities this week recognized the bicyclist killed final week when he was struck by a motorcyclist who was fleeing from a California State Parks officer in Carlsbad.
Solana Seaside resident Brad Allen Catcott, 68, was using his bicycle Aug. 15 alongside Carlsbad Boulevard, near Carlsbad State Seaside, when the fleeing motorcycle rider struck and fatally injured him, based on police and the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Workplace.
Catcott was using from the bicycle lane to a turning lane when he was struck, based on the Medical Examiner’s Workplace. He died on the scene from a number of blunt drive accidents.
A spokesperson for the Medical Examiner’s Workplace recognized Catcott on Tuesday, Aug. 23, the identical day Carlsbad declared a state of emergency in reference to a pointy enhance in crashes involving bicycles and e-bikes over the previous two years. Catcott was killed eight days after a driver struck and killed Christine Embree, a 35-year-old mom who was using an e-bike together with her 16-month-old daughter, who was not significantly injured within the crash.
Based on Carlsbad police, a California State Parks officer started chasing a motorcyclist, a 28-year-old man, who the officer believed was rushing and driving recklessly. The motorcyclist, using with a 22-year-old girl, was heading north on Carlsbad Boulevard when he struck Catcott round 1 p.m.
Paramedics took the rider and his passenger to a hospital for therapy of great accidents, Carlsbad police mentioned final week. Authorities haven’t recognized the motorcyclist.
On Tuesday, Aug. 23, a Carlsbad police spokesperson referred questions concerning the crash and investigation to State Parks officers.
A State Parks spokesperson supplied a press release Thursday, Aug. 25, that mentioned there “is not any new info to share with the general public” concerning the crash that killed Catcott or potential costs towards the motorbike rider.
“The investigation into the collision is ongoing,” the assertion mentioned. “The Carlsbad Police, California State Parks and San Diego County District Legal professional’s Workplace are working collectively on the investigation.”
