bay area cycling news

SF StreetsBlog is reporting on the collision between 25-year-old Nancy Ho and a delivery truck in SoMa on Wednesday. Nancy Ho of San Francisco was pronounced dead at San Francisco General Hospital shortly before 11 last night. She is the first bicyclist to die from a collision with a vehicle on San Francisco streets this year. San Francisco police said she was traveling eastbound on Mission Street yesterday around 8:04 a.m. when she was hit by a Berkeley Farms truck while making a left turn onto Fremont Street. Lt. Troy Dangerfield said the left turn is prohibited except for buses and taxis, and blamed Ho for causing the crash. Read the article (and the hundreds of comments) on the SF StreetsBlog website .

Police Detective Sal Madrigal said the unidentified driver of a white Volvo was traveling southwest on Oregon Expressway and made a right-hand turn onto Cowper Street when he or she collided with the victim and sped away. Read a bit more on the Palo Alto Online website. If you have information about the hit-and-run, please call the Palo Alto Police Department at 650-329-2413.

Berkeley resident Anthony Michael Martin, a physicist and former professional cyclist who goes by the name of Mike, was possibly riding his bike in the hills of Berkeley or Oakland when he went missing, since his cell phone was found on Saturday by a cyclist on Tunnel Road in Berkeley. The possibility of him passing out on a steep climb is high, friends say, because of his attempts with liquid diets and fasting. If anybody has information on his whereabouts please call the Berkeley Police at 510-981-5900. Read more details at the Berkeley Patch .