"On a Sunday evening in October, Robert Cydear, 78, pulled out of the parking lot at Santa Rosa's Friedman's Home Improvement to turn left on Santa Rosa Avenue when his vehicle collided with a patrol SUV driven by a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy. The deputy was southbound at the time, trying to to catch up with two suspected street racers when his 2023 Dodge Durango struck Cydear's white 2012 Ford Fusion, crushing its front end. Both drivers were taken to the hospital, Cydear with major injuries, The Press Democrat reported at the time."
"A coroner's report noted that preexisting health issues cardiovascular disease among them and additional conditions he developed while in the hospital contributed to his passing. The cause of death, however, was listed as complications of blunt force injuries to the torso from the car crash. The autopsy describes serious injuries on the day he was admitted to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital: multiple rib and pelvis fractures, chest and lung bruising, air and bleeding in his chest cavity and a left clavicle break."
On Oct. 5, a Sonoma County sheriff's patrol SUV struck Robert Cydear's 2012 Ford Fusion after Cydear pulled from a parking lot onto Santa Rosa Avenue while the deputy was southbound pursuing suspected street racers. The collision crushed the front end of Cydear's vehicle and closed a stretch of Santa Rosa Avenue for hours. Cydear and the deputy were hospitalized; Cydear suffered multiple rib and pelvis fractures, chest and lung bruising, air and bleeding in the chest cavity, and a broken left clavicle. Cydear died 18 days later; the coroner listed complications of blunt force torso injuries as the cause of death. The California Highway Patrol's Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team is handling an ongoing in-depth investigation because the crash involved a fatality and a sheriff's deputy.
Read at www.pressdemocrat.com
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