“It’s so sad, so I’m just devastated. It shouldn’t have happened, and I heard an e-bike was involved. Those e-bikes are out of control. They spook me all the time,” said Cathy Murray of Burlingame.

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    People getting their pedals confused happens with frightening regularity. She probably meant to slam the brakes but her foot was over the wrong pedal, and in her panic and confusion failed to understand that the vehicle was accelerating because she was on the wrong pedal. Absolutely a bad driver, obviously, but that doesn’t make it wilful or malicious.