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Bicyclist killed by truck identified

The Orange County Coroner has identified a bicyclist who died

Monday after being struck by a big rig on Harbor Boulevard.

Police said Costa Mesa resident Rafael Herrera, 76, was hit by an

18-wheeler that was making a right on Harbor Boulevard from westbound

Wilson Street. Herrera was trying to cross the road at that

intersection.

Police said the driver of the truck, Johnny Cuesta, did not see

Herrera and didn’t know he had hit him until he was farther down

Harbor. Officers found Herrera in the middle of the intersection with

apparently fatal head injuries. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the

scene.