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ORANGE COVE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 41-year-old Orosi pistillate was arrested aft a bicyclist was fatally injured pursuing a hit-and-run clang Saturday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
CHP said they arrested Rafaela Cruz successful transportation with the fatal hit-and-run adjacent Orange Cove
Investigators accidental astir 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a telephone of a hit-and-run involving a bicyclist connected Adams Avenue, conscionable eastbound of Cove Avenue.
Officers say their initial probe indicates that a pistillate was riding a motorcycle westbound connected Adams Avenue adjacent the roadway erstwhile idiosyncratic driving a reddish Chevrolet Silverado 1500 struck her from behind.
CHP says the driver left the country without stopping oregon calling 911.
The pistillate died from her injuries astatine the scene.
The CHP says the woman’s bicycle was dragged for astir 120 feet pursuing the collision, but the rider didn’t look to person been dragged.
Officers also say that the pistillate wasn’t wearing a helmet astatine the clip of the crash, but she did person a handheld airy connected her to summation her visibility.
Officials accidental Cruz turned herself into the Orange Cove Police Department and was taken into custody by the California Highway Patrol. She has been booked into the Fresno C
