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Penny Youngblood: A few inches more, and he would have hit her

I’m 75 and I decided to take a walk on the Virginia Corridor path. It was so nice walking with other people until a bicycle almost hit me. He was traveling at a high rate of speed behind me and I didn’t hear him come up behind me. He sped around me and caused me to fall. Fortunately, other people helped me up. If I had stepped to the left even a little he would have really hurt me. He never stopped. Other people on the path said this has become a big problem. Needless to say, I won’t be walking there again .

Penny Youngblood, Modesto

This story was originally published June 27, 2016 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Penny Youngblood: A few inches more, and he would have hit her."

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