The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office is asking for witnesses to a New Year’s Day crash in Encinitas that left a bicyclist with life-threatening injuries.
The sheriff’s department says that they responded to a report of a collision at about 6 p.m. on Jan. 1 near the intersection of Encinitas Blvd. and Cerro Street.
They found that a 79-year-old woman who had been driving a Hyundai Elantra east on Encinitas Blvd. collided with a bicyclist just east of Cerro Street.
The 45-year-old man was transported to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the crash is under investigation. The use of alcohol or drugs is not believed to be a factor in this collision.
Anyone who witnessed the collision or who may have captured the incident on video is asked to contact Sgt. Jeremy Collis at (760) 966-3555 or at Jeremy.Collis@SDSheriff.org.
