Elena Castañeda
- August 9, 2007
- San Pablo Avenue and West Street at Isabella Street, Oakland CA
From the Newsletter of the East Bay Bicycle Coalition:
Elena Castañeda (55) was needlessly killed by a truck while riding through the dangerous Oakland intersection of San Pablo Ave at West and Isabella Streets. Since the tragic morning of August 9, 2007, EBBC's Ghost Bike had called attention to the communal loss of beautiful Elena and San Pablo Avenue's need for bicycle and pedestrian safety improvements.
Elena's ghost bike was moved to the Oakland Museum of California in October 2007 for a remembrance for Elena. A replacement will be installed.
