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Probation Officer Arraigned on Manslaughter Charge
Defendant is accused in the death of a bicyclist in Castro Valley
Bay City News Service
An Alameda County deputy probation officer was arraigned today on
a misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter charge.
She is accused of striking and killing a bicyclist with her car in Castro Valley three months ago.
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Eunique Wesley, 32, of San Francisco is scheduled to return to
Alameda County Superior Court on Oct. 20 for a pretrial hearing, according to District Attorney spokeswoman Teresa Drenick.
The California Highway Patrol said Wesley was driving east on
Fairmont Drive near Foothill Boulevard at about 9:40 a.m. on June 15 when she looked down, causing her car to veer to the right.
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The 1995 Honda Civic hit Timothy Bucher, a 56-year-old San Leandro
man who was also traveling east on Fairmont Drive on his bicycle. He hit his head on the car's windshield before landing in the roadway, according to the CHP.
Wesley was driving about 35 mph at the time of the collision, the
CHP said.
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