Man killed in hit-and-run crash while crossing the street in Dinuba
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It happened just after 10:30 pm on Euclid and El Monte Way.
Investigators say a man was crossing the street on El Monte when a gray Ford F-150 truck struck him.
The driver got out of the vehicle and possibly picked up a broken truck part before leaving the scene, officials said.
Several people across the street saw the crash and tried to help the victim. Police say that s when a second vehicle ended up hitting him as well. At that point, the second vehicle also fled the scene, but the second vehicle turned themselves into our police department, and so that part of the investigation is still ongoing, said Dinuba Police Sgt. Jason Kent.
It happened around 10 p.m. in the 8100 block of Highway 6 North at Forest Trails Drive.
The victim, an adult Hispanic man, was crossing the highway when a northbound black car struck him, witnesses told authorities. The bicyclist died at the scene.
Witnesses said the bicyclist was crossing on a red light and the car had a green light when the crash happened.
The driver of the car faces failure to stop and render aid if found, authorities said. The victim s identity wasn t immediately released.
Saturday s crash was the latest in a series of deadly hit-and-run incidents in the Houston area this year. On Jan. 23, a man was struck and killed on Southwest Freeway near Kirby Drive. On Jan. 10, an 89-year-old man was struck and killed in north Houston.
The man faces charges including fleeing the scene of an accident, driving while being a habitual traffic offender and driving after never obtaining a driver s license.
Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in Miami that left one woman hospitalized early Monday. Officers arrived at the scene around 3 a.m. near the.