Coroner IDs bicyclist killed on I-280

SAN JOSE — A bicyclist who was killed trying to ride across the southbound lanes of Interstate 280 near the Highway 101 interchange last week was identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as 27-year-old Juan Perez Lopez.

The incident happened about 9:45 p.m. Nov. 28, before heavy rain associated from last week’s big storm began to fall, CHP Officer Ross Lee previously told this news agency.

Witnesses told the CHP they saw Perez Lopez climb over a guardrail from the right shoulder, lift his bike over the guardrail and start to ride across the lanes of traffic, toward the median, Lee said.

Perez Lopez immediately was hit by a woman driving a black Acura, Lee said. He was thrown from his bicycle and landed in the gore point, the white lines separating I-280 from the ramp to southbound Highway 101.

“She tried to avoid him but couldn’t,” Lee said.

The woman pulled over and cooperated with CHP officers, Lee said. The woman was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the CHP added.

Perez Lopez, who was pronounced deceased at the scene, was homeless, authorities said.