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Bicyclist Killed On Fruitvale Avenue ID'd
He died when he crashed into an open car door, was thrown into traffic, and hit by a passing pickup truck.
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA — A bicyclist who was killed in Oakland's Fruitvale district on Thursday evening when he hit the open door of a parked car and was ejected into traffic has been identified by the Alameda County coroner's bureau as 24-year-old Israel Lopez-Garibay of Oakland.
Police said Lopez-Garibay was riding a bike south in the 1800 block of Fruitvale Avenue at about 6:50 p.m. Thursday when he ran into a Toyota Avalon's open door.
Lopez-Garibay was thrown from the bike and was hit by a 2015 Dodge Ram pickup that was headed south on Fruitvale, police said.
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Fire and ambulance crews provided treatment but Lopez-Garibay died at the scene.
The occupants of the Toyota and the Dodge pickup stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators, police said.
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Anyone who has information about the fatal collision is asked to call the Oakland Police Department's Traffic Investigation Unit at (510) 777-8570.
— Bay City News
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