Authorities have released details following an investigation into the tragic death of a Mountain View teenager who was hit by a truck while biking.
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Mountain View police announced that through "an extremely thorough investigation" in which traffic investigators reviewed "footage from video cameras at the scene, (completed) interviews, and (studied) extensively the collision scene," findings show the 13-year-old victim "fell off his bicycle in front of the construction truck after riding up in front of the vehicle from the right side blind spot."
The victim has been identified as Andre Retana, a student from Graham Middle School in Mountain View.
The driver had come to a complete stop at a red light just prior to the collision at El Camino Real and Grant Road at about 8:15 a.m. on March 17, police said in a statement on Thursday.
"Eastbound traffic heading toward Sunnyvale was clear when the driver began to make his turn," police explained. "Based on the location where Andre was riding from – behind the gas station and in the truck’s blind spot – the driver could not have seen Andre prior to the collision and did not know he had been involved in the collision until bystanders let him know what had happened."
Retana later died from his injuries at a nearby hospital.
The driver – who police declined to name – remains "devastated."
Police said the City of Mountain View "is also working with Caltrans on their design plans for repaving El Camino Real...in 2023 to add in extensive bicycle and pedestrian improvements, including bike lanes, high visibility crosswalks and other pedestrian crossing improvements," including possible bicycle and pedestrian improvements for El Camino Real and Grant Road.
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