(Crohn) – A community meets in Marin County after a bike coach wounds and killed him while riding a bicycle during the weekend.
They gather behind the family during this difficult time and call for safety improvements at the intersection where this happened.
John Chetham is still treating the loss of his friend, Chris Prinity. He says that Brignetti was riding his bike on Saturday afternoon when a car was crashed at the Lea Drive and Freitas Parkway intersection in San Raphael.
Cheetham is the main coach of the Terra Linda Mountain Bike team. He says that Brignetti has worked with them for many years, as he taught high school students and middle schools how to rotate. Chetham and his wife, Sarah Roth, were close to Printe’s wife and two daughters.
A GofundMe page It was prepared for the family. Within 48 hours, it raised more than $ 50,000.
Tarrell Kullaway is the Executive Director of the Marin Cycling Coalition, as well as the mayor of San Anisselo. She says this intersection has a history of accidents and improvement of safety was a long time coming.
“For the time being, the broker is so enlarged that cars cannot see when people walk at the bottom of the hill,” says Colway. “The landscape can be removed. One of the ways that traffic can slow down in that area is to make this role at a 90 -degree angle instead of a soft turn that encourages people to go at a 90 -degree angle that forces you to slow down. Looking for the hill. If this is done, Chris will be here today.”
“This was not a beginner contestant, so if something could happen to him, this may actually happen to any of us,” says Chetham.
The bicycle coalition members are planning to attend the San Rafael City Council meeting on July 21 to talk about the intersection, demanding that immediate measures be taken to make it safer.
Kron4 arrived at the police for more information about the accident, but he did not hear in time for this report.