VALLEY CENTER, Calif — A person riding a bike was hit by a car and left dead on a Valley Center roadway Saturday night.
California Highway Patrol responded to the 9000 block of Cole Grade Road, just north of Valley Center Road, around 6 p.m. following reports of a crash, CHP reports indicated.
On Saturday, December 17, 2022, at approximately 5:34 p.m., a 71-year-old male from Valley Center, CA, was riding a green bicycle northbound on the right shoulder of Cole Grade Road, north of Horse Creek Trail, according to CHP.
For reasons still under investigation, an unknown Ford vehicle traveling in the northbound lane of Cole Grade Road collided with the bicyclist and fled the scene. The Ford vehicle’s right front headlight was located at the crash scene.
California Highway Patrol and the fire/paramedics responded around 6 p.m., and the cyclist was pronounced deceased at the scene, CHP said.
The investigation is ongoing, and the CHP is asking anyone who has information or may have witnessed this incident to contact the Oceanside Area CHP office at (760) 643-3400.
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