Police have arrested an 18-year-old driver who, officials claim, struck and killed a bicyclist on Delsea Drive in Deptford, New Jersey on Monday.
Police have arrested 18-year-old Iqrar Ahmad, of Deptford, after, officials claim, he struck and killed a bicyclist on Delsea Drive on Monday night before fleeing the scene of the crash.Late Monday, a deadly crash closed Delsea Drive near Brenner Avenue in Deptford Township, New Jersey for several hours as police worked on an investigation there.
Police did not immediately say what happened in this crash. An 18-year-old Deptford, New Jersey, man has been arrested and charged after a bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash in the township on Monday night. According to police, Iqrar Ahmad, 18, of Deptford, is accused of leaving the scene of a fatal crash after allegedly striking a bicyclist Monday night on Delsea Drive in Deptford Township. Police said the incident happened at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday, after a driver called 9-1-1 to report that they had struck a bicyclist with their vehicle. This driver, police said, stopped at the scene, but after impact, the bicyclist -- who police did not immediately provide further information on -- fell into the roadway and was fatally struck by a second vehicle. After the second impact, the driver of the second vehicle -- identified by police as Ahmad -- continued to drive along Delsea Drive. About two hours later, officials claim, Ahmad returned to the scene of the crash after speaking to a family member.At that time, officials said, he told officers that he left the scene after seeing a bike and a car along the side of the roadway when he"felt his vehicle strike an object." Ahmad continued on, only to stop later, farther north of the crash, to inspect his car, investigators said. Ahmed found damage to the lower grill, but officials said, he told police he did not know what he had struck.
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