Paradise woman hit by car, transported to Enloe

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A 39 year-old Paradise woman was hit on Friday night at about 7 p.m. while riding her bike out of the Safeway parking lot onto Elliott Road. Deanna Bau was leaving the parking lot when she was hit by a black Dodge truck traveling east toward Clark Road. The truck was driven by Oscar Torres, 31 of Corning. 

“The bicyclist was coming out of the Safeway parking lot and failed to stop at the posted stop sign, and came into the lane and was stuck by the pickup truck,” Paradise Police Officer Robert Wright said. 

Bau was flown to Enloe Medical Center to be treated for compound fractures and possible internal injuries, Wright said. Torres was in Paradise at the time of the accident to drop off a bounce house, passenger Danielle Halvorson, 31 of Corning said. “Witnesses say that she was drinking a soda and was on her phone when she hit him,” Halvorson said about the accident. Police agreed, and said that "from what they understand" Bau was allegedly heavily distracted, Wright said. Bau was allegedly in the wrong lane while riding out of the parking lot, he said. The driver and passenger of the vehicle said that they are wishing for the best for Bau. 

“We are really shook up,” Halvorson said. “We are hoping she is OK.” The accident is still under investigation, said officers when questioned.

Article is a courtesy of By Nicole Gerspacher -- Staff Writer from Paradise Post

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