Crime & Safety

Bicyclist, 80, Killed In Newport Beach Identified By OC Coroner

A man was fatally struck by a vehicle while he was riding his bicycle in Newport Beach last week.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — An 80-year-old bicyclist who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Newport Beach was identified Sunday by the Orange County coroner's office.

Ernest Adams of Newport Beach was hit by the vehicle on a Newport Beach street at about 1:40 a.m. on March 29, the coroner's office reported.

Adams was taken to the Orange County Global Medical Center in Santa Ana where he later died.

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The death was being investigated by Newport Beach police.

—City News Service

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