Bicyclist hit by pickup dies
A 46-year-old Lake Elsinore man was killed Wednesday, Aug. 1, when he was struck by a pickup while riding his bicycle in the unincorporated Lakeland Village area, authorities said.
Coroner’s officials identified the man as Harry Dettloff. He died at the scene.
California Highway Patrol officials said Dettloff was riding south on the west shoulder of Grand Avenue north of Baldwin Boulevard shortly after 4:30 p.m. when he was hit.
Patrick Wattson, 60, of Wildomar, was driving a Nissan Frontier south on Grand at about 40 mph when he drifted onto the right shoulder and hit Dettloff, said Officer Nathan Baer, a spokesman for the Temecula-area CHP office. Dettloff, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown to the pavement, Baer said.
Baer said it appears that the driver allowed the truck to drift because he was “momentarily inattentive.”
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