BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The Kern County Coroner's Office identified the bicyclist who was struck by an on-duty Bakersfield Fire Department Arson Investigator on Oct. 31.

The bicyclist was identified as Bruce Edward Hall Jr., 32, of Bakersfield, according to coroner officials.

The crash was reported around 10 a.m. on Oct. 31 in the area of 4th Street and Union Avenue. Hall was pronounced dead at Kern Medical.

“Preliminary witness statements said that northbound traffic was flowing through a green light and the bicyclist was traveling westbound on 4th and failed to stop for the red light and rode into cross traffic,” said Rex Davenport, a sergeant with the Bakersfield Police Department.

The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating this case.

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