Huntington Beach Man Suspected In Fatal Hit-And-Run Of Bicyclist
FOUNTAIN VALLEY (CBS) — A Huntington Beach man is in custody Monday on suspicion of felony hit-and-run in the death of a cyclist in Fountain Valley.
Police say 19-year-old Adam Garrett fatally struck Hung Khac Do, 25, also of Huntington Beach, while at the wheel of a 1994 Toyota Camry on Warner Avenue at about 3 a.m. Sunday. Do, who had been headed westbound on Warner Avenue, was pronounced dead at 3:42 a.m. at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange.
Fountain Valley police Lt. Ken Hounsley said someone called the Fountain Valley police, claiming to be a witness with information about the incident. The subsequent investigation revealed the caller was the motorist who struck Do, Hounsley said.
Garrett was arrested and booked into the county jail.
Anyone with information on the accident can call the Fountain Valley police traffic bureau at (714) 593-4481.
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