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OCEANSIDE, Calif — A hit-and-run crash involving a bicyclist on State Route 76 is raising questions about the safety of some bike routes in San Diego County.
"That was just her means of transportation. She loved riding her bike," said Helen St John, a friend and coworker, at the crash site vigil Sunday. Authorities said the driver of a white or silver 2013-2015 Kia Optima crashed into Gross on SR-76 near Singh Way. Gross was taken to the hospital, where she died on Friday.Now, flowers, a wooden cross, and a memorial ghost bike sit by the road in memory of the postal worker and mother of two.About 200 yards up the road, a ghost bike is out for marine Paul Cornish. Cornish was hit and killed by a driver while riding his bike in 2017.
The stretch of SR-76 has a designated bike route. But according to online data from San Diego Association Of Governments, at least eight bicyclists were hit and injured along the highway from 2017 to 2022.
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