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"A bicyclist was\u00A0riding with fellow bicyclists on a scenic, coastal stretch of Highway 1 between Santa Cruz and Davenport when he was hit by a Tesla and died.VIDEO: Driver who hit cyclist: I fell asleepOn Monday, the victim was identified by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's coroner as Joshua Alper, 40, of Santa Cruz.VIDEO: Tesla driver strikes, kills cyclist on Highway 1The deadly accident happened on a bright, sunny Saturday at 11:30 a.m.The 63-year-old Santa Cruz man who was driving said he had gone to a temple in Milpitas, Calif., earlier that morning and hit the bicyclist because he fell asleep at the wheel.The Tesla was traveling northbound between Santa Cruz and Davenport near Dimeo Drive when it swerved into oncoming southbound traffic. To avoid hitting a car head-on, the Tesla's driver went up and down a dirt embankment before swerving into\u00A0Alper, witnesses said.The impact caused the bicyclist to go head-first into the Tesla's windshield. California Highway Patrol officers said the cyclist's neck may have been instantly snapped when his head shattered the Tesla's windshield.The driver stopped and cooperated with investigators at the scene.\u00A0The new 2013 Tesla had 113 miles on its odometer.Alper worked as a library assistant at the University of California Santa Cruz for the past eight years and was a well-known in Santa Cruz's music scene.Alper's friends wrote memorial messages on his Facebook wall over the weekend.\u00A0\"You were one of a kind, Josh,\" friend Laura McClanathan wrote. \"You really reached out to those around you, and filled the room with laughter and good vibes. You made such a difference. Waves of incredible sadness keep washing over all of us here in the library today. It is utterly unreal. But you were real, unique, and wonderful.\"\"Josh was an amazing human being who contributed so much to this community's musical scene. He was bright and funny, full of knowledge and he truly and deeply loved music,\" friend Rick Walker wrote.On Monday afternoon, CHP Officer Trevor Smith said the driver was not arrested, and it will be up to the Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office to determine if any charges will be filed.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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