Crime & Safety
Coroner Identifies Bicyclist Killed on Altamont Pass Road
Joe Segrest, 48, of Livermore was killed when he was struck by a van around 11:10 a.m. on Thursday.
By Bay City News—
A bicyclist who was struck and killed by a van near Livermore on Thursday morning has been identified as 48-year-old Joe Segrest of Livermore, an Alameda county coroner's deputy said today.
[Related article: UPDATE: Altamont Pass Road Reopened After Bicycle Fatality]
The California Highway Patrol received a report around 11:10 a.m. Thursday that a bicyclist was down in the roadway on Altamont Pass Road near Carroll Road and found Segrest. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. According to the CHP, Segrest had apparently been riding up Carroll Road and was hit by a full-size van after he failed to stop at a stop sign.
The driver involved in the collision stopped at the scene and cooperated with investigators. A stretch of Altamont Pass Road was temporarily closed in both directions Thursday while the CHP investigated.
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