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Apr. 10, 2026

Goodyear faces wrongful death suit over fatal e-bike collision

Plaintiffs claim Goodyear is vicariously and directly liable after a company truck allegedly struck and killed a cyclist riding in a designated bike lane.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. faces a wrongful death lawsuit in San Bernardino County Superior Court after a man died when one of its commercial box trucks struck him as he rode an electric bicycle in a designated bike lane.

The lawsuit claims that on Sept. 22, a Goodyear truck driver blew through a stop sign, failed to yield, cutting into the path of Jesus Rodriguez, who was riding his electric bicycle westbound on Schaefer Avenue in Chino. The truck careened into Rodriguez, dra...

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