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Boy on bicycle killed in Ridgecrest
| Wednesday, May 21 2008 6:32 AM
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 21 2008 7:09 AM
A 12-year-old bicyclist was killed in Ridgecrest Tuesday night, the Kern County coroner’s staff reported.
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Alec Haines Turner was riding his bicycle at 7:49 p.m. south on Down Street near the intersection of Oregon Street when he was struck by a 2003 Dodge Durango, Ridgecrest police said.
The Durango was driven by Toni Hannah, 45, of Ridgecrest, police said. It, too, was going south on Downs Street.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation and officers were to return to the scene Wednesday morning to develop more information, police said.
The boy was not wearing a helmet, the coroner’s staff reported.
He was taken to Ridgecrest Hospital Emergency Room where he was pronounced dead at 8:38 p.m., the coroner reported.