Boy on Bike Hit, Killed by Car in Murrieta

A teenage boy riding his bike in Murrieta was hit and killed by a car Friday, police tell Patch.

The boy-- just 13-years-old-- was riding his bicycle in the area of Las Brisas Road and Bolina Drive when he was hit around 4:05 p.m., according to Murrieta Police Sgt. Jay Froboese.

"At this point, we don't know who is going to be at fault or exactly what happened, but there was a vehicle westbound on Las Brisas which hit the boy who came southbound on Bolina," he said via telephone Friday evening.

A woman and her sister were in the car which struck the boy, who told police that they couldn't stop in time when the boy appeared suddenly.  There was no crosswalk there, nor a stop sign for the vehicle, according to Froboese.

"We had a number of witnesses," the sergeant told Patch.  "They reported to us hearing a noise, looking that direction, and seeing the boy go down on the roadway, but nobody actually saw the accident occur."

The sergeant said that, at this time, police believe the vehicle was going the posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour.  Alcohol or drugs are not believed to be involved in any way, he added.

The boy, whose identity is not being released at this time, was taken to Rancho Springs Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to Froboese.

This crash marks for the second deadly collision involving a pedestrian in Murrieta in one day— something that Froboese says is very rare for the city.

"This is very unusual for us," he said. "We average one, maybe two, in a year.  To have two in the same day is highly unusual in this city."