Woodland Hills, CA : Lake Balboa crash leaves Woodland Hills man dead after SUV collides with cyclists on Wednesday, December, 27th 2017

A Woodland Hills man died late Wednesday, and another person was injured after being struck by an SUV Wednesday night in the Lake Balboa area, authorities said.

Matthew Dale Barnett, 48, who was on a bicycle, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. in the 7100 block of Hayvenhurst Avenue, said Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.

The crash was reported at 7:15 p.m. in the area of Hayvenhurst and Sherman Way, the Los Angeles Police Department Valley Traffic Division said.

Around 6:30 p.m., the two bicyclists were traveling north on Hayvenhurst, south of Sherman Way, when a late-model, gray SUV drove northbound and collided with the bicyclists, authorities said.

The second cyclist was transported to Northridge hospital, where the second cyclist was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said.

A spokesperson at Valley Traffic Division said the crash was not a hit-and-run and no one was arrested afterward.

It was unclear if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash, the spokesperson added.

If anyone has information on the crash, they are asked to contact LAPD Detective Bill Bustos at 818-644-8021.

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Lake Balboa crash leaves Woodland Hills man dead after SUV collides with cyclists