North Bay man in 2025 crash with sheriff’s deputy died two weeks later of his injuries

On a Sunday evening in October, Robert Cydear, 78, pulled out of the parking lot at Santa Rosa’s Friedman’s Home Improvement to turn left on Santa Rosa Avenue when his vehicle collided with a patrol SUV driven by a Sonoma County sheriff’s deputy.

The deputy was southbound at the time, trying to to catch up with two suspected street racers when his 2023 Dodge Durango struck Cydear’s white 2012 Ford Fusion, crushing its front end.

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