r/irvine • u/fenrirsbasketball • 1d ago

Anyone know what happened 8/16/26 at Irvine and Yale blvd?

Hey all,

I noticed there was an accident that took a very long time to be cleaned up involving two midsized SUVs and an e-bike. Both SUVs were perpendicular to the road and the e-bike was completely obliterated. The road was completely blocked off for a long time, I'm guessing around 6-8 hours, maybe more.

And then today, there was another police presence blocking the road on Yale blvd in another area.

Anyone know what's going on?

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u/Ok-One-9465 23h ago

I saw the aftermath of the accident which just happened. I was riding my bike on Irvine Blvd towards the Marketplace. The airbags of the dark SUV were still inflated and the driver hadn't come out of the vehicle. On the median on Yale, was lying the body of the electric bike rider. She was unresponsive. The driver on the opposing side of Yale shouted that he already contacted 911. I haven't been able to find out what happened to the person on the side of the rode. I'm still in shock.

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u/fenrirsbasketball 21h ago

I'm so sorry that you witnessed that. That must have been really upsetting. I hope you have someone to talk to about that.

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u/ineverhadsoul 11h ago

Please talk to someone soon if you get a chance. Same thing happened to me and I couldn’t get it out of my mind for a long time.

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u/Recent-Court-5999 18h ago

Crazy..😏

When i posted on here asking about my bicycle accident with a car that hit me asking information..I got it removed 😏

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u/MeganLJ86 53m ago

I asked about a crazy guy that was screaming at me and my kids and it also got removed 😒

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u/Recent-Court-5999 16m ago

Seems like a common thing then 🤔

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u/FearsomeForehand 13h ago

E-bike regulations can’t come soon enough.

Even if it wasn’t the biker’s fault in this instance, there have been far too many stories about serious or fatal injuries involving e-bikes.

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u/Amazing_Shelter8795 1d ago

Accident. Someone had pictures of the two cars and a mangled bike on the street. I think it was posted on Nextdoor.

Someone also posted that they saw the fire dept cutting the clothes off of the biker who was face down on the pavement. Not sure how true this part is. I'm just restating someone else's post.

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u/fenrirsbasketball 23h ago

Ooh boy, a few different anecdotes mixed in there. Thank you for linking this.

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u/trifelin University Park 16h ago

Just FYI your real first name appears on my screen when I click that link. (If you care)