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MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A pistillate bicyclist died aft being struck by a hit-and-run operator successful Merced Monday afternoon, constabulary said.
The driver, 41-year-old Nathaniel Louis Mack of Merced, was arrested Tuesday greeting aft constabulary said aggregate surveillance cameras caught his conveyance connected video.
On Oct. 13 astatine astir 4:35 p.m., the section received aggregate calls for a postulation collision successful the 600 artifact of West Main Street successful Merced. Officers, on with exigency aesculapian personnel, responded to the country and recovered a 46-year-old pistillate lying successful the roadway.
She was transported to the hospital, wherever she aboriginal died owed to her injuries.
During the preliminary investigation, constabulary discovered that the pistillate had been riding a bicycle successful the roadway erstwhile she was struck by a conveyance traveling westbound connected Main Street.
Police said that the driver, who has present been identified arsenic Mack, fled the scene, but his conveyance was captured connected aggregate surveillance cameras.
On Oct. 14, Mack was arrested and taken into custody, interviewed, and aboriginal booked into the Merced County Jail.
The woman's individuality has not been released by officials.
