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There will be jail time, a fine and probation for the driver whose car struck Michelle Mazzei, a 34-year-old fourth-grade teacher at Oak Knoll School, while she was cycling on Woodside Road on the morning of Oct. 2, 2005. She died that day in the emergency room at Stanford Hospital.
Theodore Charles Thornbrough of Colorado, 68 at the time of the accident, pleaded “no contest” in August and was sentenced Oct. 10 to 90 days in jail, three years probation, two years’ suspended driver’s license and a $1,600 fine that includes court costs, said Joshua Stauffer, deputy district attorney for San Mateo County.
He will also reimburse Ms. Mazzei’s relatives for funeral costs and pay a $50 monthly fee for the first two years of his probation, Mr. Stauffer said.
Mr. Thornbrough must report to jail Dec. 2, either at the county jail in Redwood City or, with the agreement of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, in his home county in Colorado, Mr. Stauffer said.
Ms. Mazzei was an experienced cyclist and triathlete. Her sudden death deeply affected the communities at Oak Knoll School and the Menlo Park City School District.