80-year-old bicyclist dies after being sideswiped by SUV, Long Beach police say

Long Beach police say they are looking for a driver who fatally sideswiped an 80-year-old bicyclist earlier this week.

According to the Long Beach Police Department, the crash happened around 12:15 p.m. Monday on Atlantic Avenue near Pleasant Street, which is just north of Del Amo Boulevard.

The bicyclist was headed northbound on Atlantic and merging from the bicycle lane into the No. 1 lane when a white SUV in the No. 2 lane “sideswiped the bicyclist and continued northbound without stopping,” police said in a news release…

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