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4 hours ago

San Leandro man gets 11 years in fatal crash where key witness was on meth

Ric Acosta pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 11 years for the 2020 killing of bicyclist Mark Lee Moore.
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fromBoston.com
5 days ago

Cyclist killed, driver facing charges in Framingham hit and run, prosecutors say

A 69-year-old Framingham man was arrested and charged with leaving the scene after his vehicle struck and killed a 43-year-old bicyclist.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 days ago

Fremont vehicular manslaughter case falls apart

From the get-go, police revealed that Rodriguez's blood/alcohol level was twice the legal limit and that he was bicycling the wrong was down Central Avenue in Fremont at the time Tay allegedly struck him. But at Tay's 2024 preliminary hearing, a judge threw out the manslaughter charge, finding that there wasn't even evidence that Tay knew he'd hit anything other than scrap metal, and that a second motorist struck Rodriguez's bicycle afterwards without noticing it.
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