Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Bicyclist Claims No Knowledge of Crash

Note: We’ve posted an update and a profile of Mary Yonkers.

The driver of a dump truck who killed a bicyclist this morning in Redwood City has been located by investigators, but claimed he was not aware he hit the woman, and has not been arrested, Bay City News quoted police as saying.

Redwood City Police said the crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. as the driver, who was not identified, was turning onto Holly Street from southbound Shoreway Road. Earlier reports had the crash on Redwood Shores Parkway. According to the BCN report, “a woman on a bicycle tried to pass the truck as it turned, but she was struck and some part of the truck rolled over her, police said.”

The bicyclist was identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s office as 58-year-old Mary Yonkers of San Mateo. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

BCN quoted police as saying a truck matching the description was located by witnesses at the Allied Waste San Carlos transfer station on Shoreway Road around 9 a.m.

Monica Devincenzi, the recycling outreach and sustainability manager for the South Bayside Waste Management Authority, confirmed the driver works for one of the agency’s subcontractors. She described the vehicle as a transfer truck.

“It is a tragic incident and we’re sorry that it happened. We hope that the investigation results in finding out exactly what happened,” she said, adding that SBWMA contractors are required to undergo driver safety training but “they are generally handled by the companies the drivers work for.”

Redwood City Police did not immediately return our phone calls seeking more information.

Updated 4:29 p.m.