California’s Stockton Bike Club announced the death of Bennie Weber, a former amateur racer and endurance cyclist killed on 19 January in a crash with an automobile while on a training ride.
According to a California Highway Patrol report, Weber, 79, was traveling on Buena Vista Road in Stockton at 15:10 and signaled intentions to make a left turn. A 2005 Toyota Corolla driven by a 30 year-old male then crashed into the cyclist from behind while trying to pass on the left.
Medics quickly arrived and performed life saving procedures on Weber, but they were unsuccessful and he succumbed to his injuries at the scene of the crash…