Updated: Woman Riding Bicycle Dies After Collision With Car, Bellflower Blvd./Atherton St.

(Jan. 17, 2013, 7:35 p.m.) -- At early evening, the L.A. Coroner's office has released the name of the bicyclist who perished in the accident last night (Jan. 16) following an accident at the intersection of Bellflower Blvd. at Atherton St.

She was Susan Curtis, 50, no city of residence provided (our source: LA County Coroner Investigator McCracken)

(Updated 9:49 a.m., Jan. 16, 2013) -- A 50 year old woman riding a bicycle succumbed to her injuries last night (Jan. 15) after colliding with a car at the intersection of Bellflower Blvd./Atherton St.

In a release this morning, LBPD says:

On Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at approximately 7:17 p.m., Long Beach Police responded to an injury traffic collision at the intersection of Bellflower Boulevard and Atherton Street, which resulted in the death of an adult female bicyclist.
Officers discovered a green 2002 Honda Odyssey, just south of the intersection, and a female bicyclist lying in the middle of the roadway. Long Beach Fire Department paramedics responded and transported the victim to a local hospital.
Later in the evening, the victim died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.
The preliminary investigation determined the Honda Odyssey was traveling southbound on Bellflower Boulevard on a green light. The bicyclist was traveling westbound on Atherton Street, on the north side of the intersection, when she attempted to cross Bellflower Boulevard against a solid red light, just south of the crosswalk, and was struck by the Honda. The driver stopped, attempted to render aid, and called 9-1-1.
UPDATE: The victim is identified by the L.A. County Coroner as Susan Curtis, 50. ~~The victim, is only being identified at this time as a 50-year-old female resident of Long Beach pending notification of next of kin.~~ The driver, a 19-year-old resident of Los Alamitos, was not injured and was released at the scene with no charges pending.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Long Beach Police Accident Investigation Detective Brian Watt at (562) 570-7355. Anonymous tips may be submitted by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), texting TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or visiting www.lacrimestoppers.org.

As of 9:00 p.m. last night, the intersection was blocked off with investigators were on scene...and below is what we saw.