Omar Otaola died after his bicycle was struck by a Cusano’s Italian Bakery delivery truck on Bear Cut Bridge in Key Biscayne in 2006.
Since then, Miami-Dade County redesigned the popular bike lane on the shoulder of Crandon Boulevard, the site of multiple serious accidents. Marisela Otaola, the 34-year-old bicyclist’s widow, accepted a $1 million payout from Allstate, Cusano’s insurer, on behalf of her two young daughters, Joanna and Jessica Otaola. She filed a wrongful death action against Cusano’s in February 2008.
