PHOENIX — A bicyclist is dead after a hit-and-run crash Sunday morning in north Phoenix.
Phoenix police say they were called to the area near Cave Creek and Bell roads for a report of an injured person.
When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive man near a damaged bicycle.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as 81-year-old Eduardo Ramirez Jimenez.
The vehicle that hit the bicyclist had fled before officers arrived. However, while investigating, detectives noticed a vehicle nearby with damage consistent with a recent crash.
Officers made contact with the driver, 27-year-old Alberto Chilel Santos, and detained him. While in custody police say he showed signs of impairment.
A preliminary investigation revealed to police that Santos allegedly was traveling eastbound on Grandview Road when he veered into oncoming traffic, then onto a sidewalk where he hit Jimenez, who was standing next to his bicycle.
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Police say Santos admitted to leaving the scene after the crash but wasn't unaware anyone was hit.
Santos was booked into the Maricopa County Jail and faces charges of manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash.
An investigation remains ongoing.
This is the second deadly hit-and-run crash in Phoenix late Saturday night into Sunday morning. Around 11 p.m. Saturday, a woman was found dead near I-10 and 59th Avenue in west Phoenix after she was reportedly hit by a car.
