#bicyclist

#bicyclist

A 24-year-old woman suspected of causing a crash that killed two people in Long Beach over the weekend is also accused of fatally striking a bicyclist in the city's Alamitos Beach neighborhood in October, authorities said. Ahkeyajahnique Owens, 24, of Long Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 7, pleaded not guilty to one count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence to an Oct. 6 crash along Fourth Street near Bonito Avenue that left 35-year-old Raul Augustin Gallopa critically injured, according to authorities and court records.

The unhoused man was riding his bicycle westbound in the center median against eastbound traffic when he was fatally struck by a vehicle.

The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, when a security guard allegedly struck a 16-year-old bicyclist with his patrol vehicle, leading to his arrest.

The victim, a man in his 50s, was struck and killed by an FDNY rescue fire truck while the vehicle was responding to an emergency.