Victim in Fatal Accident on Railroad Canyon Identified

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The Riverside County Coroner's Office has released the identity of a Murrieta man who died after his bicycle was struck by a vehicle on Railroad Canyon Road in Lake Elsinore.

Mark Heigel, 21, died from injuries suffered in the traffic collision on Railroad Canyon Road east of Summerhill Drive about 9 p.m. on Friday. He was found on the ground suffering from major injuries, was transported to a local hospital and died the next day.

Police arrested Thelma Trachy, 75, of Murrieta after determining she was driving the vehicle that struck the bicycle from behind. A preliminary assessment of Trachy indicated that alcohol consumption may have been a contributing factor, police said.