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Mayors call on communities to help find the BMW driver who hit Highway 9 bicyclist
By Brian Babcock
Saratoga News
Posted: 05/01/2009 05:56:38 PM PDT
The mayors of Saratoga, Los Gatos and Monte Sereno have asked for the public's help in finding the person who hit 24-year-old cyclist Ashleigh Jackson, who is recovering from injuries she suffered when she was hit on Highway 9.
Jackson and her boyfriend, David Nelson, were both hit by a silver BMW while riding their bicycles on Highway 9 near Fruitvale Avenue in Saratoga. Jackson is currently being treated at Valley Medical Center for head trauma. Nelson received minor injuries.
"This unfortunate accident was made worse by the fact that the driver of the vehicle fled the scene," reads a news release sent out by Saratoga Mayor Chuck Page, Los Gatos Mayor Mike Wasserman and Monte Sereno Mayor Curtis Wright.
"The behavior that this driver showed, by not just knocking her down, but leaving her there, was a cowardly act and something that we want to preclude as much as possible," said Wright.
Wasserman agreed and said there is a major difference between an accident and a hit-and-run.
"A hit-and-run is done intentionally and that should never happen in our community," he said. The Los Gatos mayor said he hopes that the person responsible will turn him- or herself in.
"Saratoga, Los Gatos and Monte Sereno have been committed to working together to see that Highway 9 is a safer route for residents and visitors," the news release states.