Crime & Safety

Man Dies After Danville Crash Involving Electric Bicycle

Officials said the man, 73, was injured after he hit a speed bump.

DANVILLE, CA — A 73-year-old man died after crashing his electric bicycle in Danville on Monday afternoon, a town spokesman said. The bicyclist, identified by the Contra Costa County coroner's office as Danville resident Keith Howard, was riding his bike on Highland Drive near Lonesome Road at about 2:55 p.m. Monday when he hit a speed bump, town spokesman Geoff Gillette said.

Howard went airborne, then landed and crashed. He was taken to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he was pronounced dead later that afternoon, Gillette said. No one else was involved in the crash, he said.

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