At 6:37 pm Sunday, an adult female bicyclist was struck and killed in Brentwood by a passing motorist on Balfour Road just east of Sellers.
Brentwood Police were first on scene who described the bicyclist with major injuries and immediately requested a medical helicopter. A short time later, CPR was started, however, the medical helicopter and all responded units were cancelled. By 6:49, the County Coroner was requested.
According to the East Contra Costa Fire Protection District, the accident cause may be DUI related.
The road was shut down in both directions as police and CHP investigated the incident. The roadway re-opened around 9:00 pm.
Update per CHP (7:02am)
We are saddened to report that at approximately 6:40 PM last night a Brentwood woman was struck and killed while riding her ten-speed bicycle. She was riding her bicycle along the right side of the westbound lane of Balfour Road, east of Sellers Avenue.
A 29 year old Brentwood man was driving a 1996 Plymouth Neon in the same lane and direction towards the bicyclist when he allowed the right front end of the vehicle to collide with the back of the ten-speed.
The woman was subsequently ejected from her bicycle and succumbed to her injuries at the scene. She was 54 years old. The driver was arrested for Felony Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol.
Update Sept. 9
The suspect’s name is Jason Pederson (29) from Brentwood
The victim’s name is Sharon Butler (54) from Brentwood
Here is a look at the CHP Log:
| 9:06 PM | 10 | [51] B19-180B RDWY CLR | |||||
| 8:42 PM | 9 | [45] 180B – AMERICAN TOW 97 | |||||
| 8:32 PM | 8 | [40] 1039 BT | |||||
| 8:10 PM | 7 | [36] 1845 RDWY IS SHUT DWN | |||||
| 8:10 PM | 6 | [35] 1845 FIRE IS 97 | |||||
| 7:46 PM | 5 | [24] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 AMERICAN TOW 800-794-8122 SD 215 / FOR EVIDENCE TOW / ETA 45 | |||||
| 7:43 PM | 4 | [21] B19-180B REQ EVIDENCE 1185 | |||||
| 6:56 PM | 3 | [10] PER BRENTWOOD PD / THEIR OFCR IS 1097 W/ A WITNESS THAT IS ALSO 1097 AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO A CHP OFCR | |||||
| 6:40 PM | 2 | [2] 1141 / FIRE ENRT | |||||
| 6:40 PM | 1 | [1] VEH VS BICYCLIST | |||||
5 comments
Thoughts and prayers go out to the victims family. Another senseless driver takes an innocent life. I hope he is given the maximum sentence.
Sad…this wasn’t his first alcohol related driving incident
http://mydeathspace.com/vb/showthread.php?19464-Krystina-Jeffrey-(22)-crashed-her-car-when-Jason-Pedersen-(22)-grabbed-the-wheel
So sad. Looks like he may have had a nice plea deal from the last drunken incident. Or driving without a license.
Even without the alcohol, this is not a good situation:
Time of day + road conditions; 6:40 pm riding westbound (sun in eyes), on Balfour east of Sellers (6″ wide bike lane).
This road should have been upgraded like Marsh Creek before all of the additional Discovery Bay homes were built.
But no, lets spend millions widening the road and building a new bridge at Orwood so trailers can cross over to go to a marina that has no launch facilities.
Bob, did you know each discovery bay west home built had to pay an extra road mitigation of $ 7,000 each? So now ask your supervisor where that money went.
JS,
Where are you getting your comments from? From what I have seen, each of your posts has been full of incorrect and incomplete information…Always in an effort to assign blame. It’s novel that you came up with a specific amount but left off any pertinent information. Coincidence? I think not.
Contrary to your incorrect insinuations:
1. All homes built in east county are assessed many fees, including road (public works) fees. This is not limited to discovery bay or discovery bay west. These fees are not “extra”, they are development fees and are standard in the regional development in every county and city.
2. I’m sure the supervisors would be happy to explain where the money goes, which is to all east county roads-not specific ones. City streets such as Balfour are the city’s responsibility within city limits. I’m thinking you have no idea how much roads cost to improve or maintain?
3. You would have to go back at least three or four supervisors (Torlakson, Canciamilla, Glover, Gerber, Greenberg) since discovery bay west was approved over 2 decades ago. The current supervisor (Piepho) had nothing to do with that development and there has been no real development within the unincorporated county in the last 10 years. Cities yes, county no.
4. Marsh creek was upgraded because it is under the control of the State of California as part of the Highway 4 bypass project.
None of this has anything to do with this unfortunate accident. The cities and county cannot be responsible for accidents or drunk drivers.
Please consider changing your screen name from JS to BS. At least that would be closer to the truth.
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