Oakland cyclist dies in Tilden Park
on June 28, 2010
Cyclist, William Flint II, died while descending South Park Drive in Tilden Park on Saturday, June 19. According to a news story published on the Bay Citizen via the website Berkeleyside, Flint was trying to break his personal speed record down this steep road and veered into oncoming traffic.
I was riding up in Tilden over the weekend and there were several police cars at the base of the South Park Drive pulling over cyclists for speeding.
Condolences to Flint’s family and friends.
Read the full story on the Bay Citizen.
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