Motorcycle rider killed in hit-and-run crash in Fallbrook; suspect arrested [Breaking]
A 32-year-old motorcyclist was killed Saturday in a hit-and-run crash in Fallbrook, and a suspected drunken driver was arrested about 45 minutes after the collision, a California Highway Patrol officer said Sunday.
The crash occurred about 5:45 p.m. at the intersection of South Mission and La Canada roads. The rider was headed north on South Mission Road when a driver in a Toyota T100 pickup, headed west on La Canada Road, crashed into the motorcycle, CHP Officer Hunter Gerber said. The impact pushed the motorcycle into the southbound lane of South Mission Road, where it collided with a Tesla Model S, Gerber said.The motorcyclist died before he could be taken to a hospital. He was identified as a Fallbrook resident, but his name was not immediately released.The pickup driver took off after the crash, but CHP officers tracked him down — officials didn’t say how — and arrested him at his home.
Francisco Esteban Rodas, 33, was booked into jail on suspicion of hit and run, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and other drunken driving-related charges.
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