Bicyclist Eric Billings Struck and Killed by Car In Mission Viejo
Mission Viejo – Early Friday evening, Eric Billings was struck and killed by a car while riding a bicycle.
The accident happened at around 6:45 p.m. on Santa Margarita Parkway, north of Los Alisos Boulevard and south of El Toro Road. The 54 year old Rancho Santa Margarita resident was riding his bicycle in the bike lane when he was struck by a vehicle.
The driver who hit him, 39 year old Hast Fakhrai-Bayrooti, was in a 2003 Acura. Fakhrai-Bayrooti stayed on the scene to cooperate with police as it would have been against the law to the leave the scene of the crime.
Our condolences go out to Eric Billings family, his wife Darin, their children and grandchildren.
A bicyclist was killed Friday evening after being struck by a vehicle near Trabuco Hills High School.
Eric Billings of Rancho Santa Margarita died at the scene of the accident, according to the Orange County coroner, which listed his time of death as 6:48 p.m.—the same time the Orange County Sheriff's Department received a 9-1-1 call.
Billings was 54.
According to Lt. Jim England of the OCSD, Billings was believed to be traveling alone southbound on Santa Margarita Parkway between El Toro Road and Los Alisos in Mission Viejo.
He was struck about 300 yards south of El Toro Road by a southbound 2003 Acura driven by 39-year-old Hast Fakhrai-Bayrooti, according to Lt. Joe Balicki. The speed limit on that section of road, which includes an uphill grade until leveling off near the high school, is 50 mph.
England said preliminary information indicated alcohol did not play a role in the accident.
“This is an ongoing investigation,” Balicki said, adding that it was not immediately known if Fakhrai-Bayrooti was cited or arrested.
Billings was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and owned a small contracting company,
Santa Margarita Parkway, just north of Los Alisos Boulevard, across from Trabuco Hills High School
The driver who hit him, 39 year old Hast Fakhrai-Bayrooti, was in a 2003 Acura. Fakhrai-Bayrooti stayed on the scene to cooperate with police as it would have been against the law to the leave the scene of the crime.
Our condolences go out to Eric Billings family, his wife Darin, their children and grandchildren.
A bicyclist was killed Friday evening after being struck by a vehicle near Trabuco Hills High School.
Eric Billings of Rancho Santa Margarita died at the scene of the accident, according to the Orange County coroner, which listed his time of death as 6:48 p.m.—the same time the Orange County Sheriff's Department received a 9-1-1 call.
Billings was 54.
According to Lt. Jim England of the OCSD, Billings was believed to be traveling alone southbound on Santa Margarita Parkway between El Toro Road and Los Alisos in Mission Viejo.
He was struck about 300 yards south of El Toro Road by a southbound 2003 Acura driven by 39-year-old Hast Fakhrai-Bayrooti, according to Lt. Joe Balicki. The speed limit on that section of road, which includes an uphill grade until leveling off near the high school, is 50 mph.
England said preliminary information indicated alcohol did not play a role in the accident.
“This is an ongoing investigation,” Balicki said, adding that it was not immediately known if Fakhrai-Bayrooti was cited or arrested.
Billings was active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and owned a small contracting company,
