People v. O'Neal CA2/6

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Sheena Alvitre suffered serious injuries after being hit while riding her bicycle on Main Street in Ventura. Craig and Debbie Lucas were riding bicycles behind

1 All further undesignated statutory references are to the Vehicle Code. Alvitre when the incident occurred. The Lucases were about 50 to 100 feet behind Alvitre when a passenger truck towing a fifth-wheel camping trailer travelling in the same direction passed to their left. As the truck was passing Alvitre, the rear right edge of the trailer "clipped" the trailer attached to the rear of Alvitre's bicycle "and she went down." The truck did not stop and continued driving east on Main Street. Neither of the Lucases was able to see who was driving the truck. The Lucases stopped to help Alvitre and waited for the police to arrive. Several minutes later, the truck returned to the scene. Craig2 testified that a man "came back with the [truck] and started talking to the police officers." Craig "figured it was the man [who was] driving the [truck]" when the accident occurred. Craig "wouldn't be able to recognize" the man and was unable to identify him in court. Debbie testified that she saw a man and…