Bike-vehicle crash in Truckee ends in injury, arrest


Truckee police have determined that a bicyclist failed to stop at a red light before he collided with a vehicle that fled the scene.

At about 5:30 p.m. Sunday a 31-year-old Truckee bicyclist collided with the vehicle at Donner Pass Road at Northwoods Boulevard. The driver of the vehicle got out of his vehicle but then fled northbound on Donner Pass Road.

A Truckee Fire District ambulance crew on its way to the collision spotted the vehicle driving at a high rate of speed as it passed the fire station, providing police a good description.

The bicyclist was taken to Tahoe Forest Hospital with head injuries. Truckee police said that their investigation revealed that the bicyclist failed to stop for the red signal light and collided with the vehicle.

At 6:20 p.m. a police officer found the suspect vehicle at a mobile home park. Truckee police said that they arrested Miguel Martinez-Lopez, 43, of Truckee was arrested on suspicion of being an unlicensed driver, no proof of insurance and felony hit and run.

Par LEDbicyclelight le mardi 12 juillet 2011

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