Shlomo Bentin, an Israeli cognitive neuroscientist, who died in a bicycle accident on July 13. Photo: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israeli professor Shlomo Bentin did not die because he was hit by a dump truck while riding on his bicycle on July 13, according to new details released today by the Berkeley Police Department. […]
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Professor Shlomo Bentin’s death deemed an accident
Shlomo Bentin, an Israeli cognitive neuroscientist who died in a bicycle accident on July 13. Photo: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Update 12.26.12: New details released by Berkeley police indicated the dump truck did not collide with Bentin. Despite the fact that Israeli Professor Shlomo Bentin was hit and killed by a dump truck while […]
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Hundreds of bike crashes near UC Berkeley over 5 years
A ghost bike marks the spot where Shlomo Bentin died cycling in Berkeley. Photo: Zusha Elinson/Bay Citizen By Zusha Elinson / Bay Citizen Shlomo Bentin, a world-renown neuropsychologist, bought a bicycle last summer to commute to UC Berkeley from his home two miles away. An expert on facial recognition, the 65-year-old Israeli was on a one-year research sabbatical at […]
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Berkeley’s rocky relationship between paving and bikes
Cyclists crossing Sacramento near the North Berkeley BART station. Photo: Nancy Rubin When Israeli neuroscientist Shlomo Bentin died after a bicycle accident last Friday, many of the commenters on Berkeleyside were convinced they knew the culprit: the poor state of the pavement on Bancroft Way. “The pavement quality going down Bancroft is in absolutely atrocious […]
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Neuroscientist Shlomo Bentin killed in bike accident
Shlomo Bentin, an Israeli cognitive neuroscientist, who died in a bicycle accident on Friday. Photo: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Friday’s bicycle accident on Bancroft Way resulted in the death of 65-year-old Shlomo Bentin, a globally recognized expert in cognitive neuropsychology, who was in Berkeley as a guest lecturer at the university. Bentin was injured […]
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Cyclist killed in accident involving a dump truck
The accident happened on Friday afternoon on Bancroft Way, west of Fulton Street. Photo: Google Maps A cyclist died today after colliding with a dump truck on Bancroft Way west of Fulton Street. At about 3:38 p.m., Berkeley Police received calls reporting a collision involving a bicyclist and a dump truck. The bicyclist, a man […]
