Update: Bicyclist killed in Riverbank crash was young teen, Sheriff’s Department says
A 14-year-old Modesto girl died Wednesday morning after being struck by a car on Claribel Road west of Roselle Avenue in Riverbank, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department reported.
The girl’s family filed a runaway/missing-persons report regarding her at 7:30 a.m., having no idea she’d been killed, Modesto police said Wednesday afternoon. Her name has not been released.
The crash, reported about 2:30 a.m., was just east of the Crossroads at Riverbank shopping center. As the crash scene was investigated, Claribel was closed between Roselle and Squire Wells Way.
The driver of the Mazda sedan that struck the girl was heading to work, remained at the scene and cooperated with deputies, said Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sgt. Luke Schwartz.
A similarly aged teen who was walking with the cyclist at the time of the crash fled the scene, possibly having been “spooked” by what happened, Schwartz said. Deputies are trying to locate and interview the other youth, he said.
The circumstances of the crash are being investigated, but there is no indication alcohol or drugs were factors, Schwartz said. The department’s Major Accident Investigations Team was on scene.
This story was originally published February 17, 2021 at 6:30 AM.
