Driver Hits and Kills Bicyclist and Flees

LOCATION: Mulberry Drive just east of Greenleaf Avenue
AREA/CITY: WHITTIER
DETAILS:

1. A bicyclist was killed after a speeding vehicle plowed into them Saturday night and did not stop
2. CHP Santa Fe Springs officers, along with LA County FD paramedics, were dispatched to the area regarding a vehicle vs bicyclist along the eastbound lanes of Mulberry Drive
3. Officers arrived to locate an unknown gendered bicyclist dead in the #1 lane of the eastbound lanes
4. According to witnesses at the scene, an unknown vehicle was traveling east on Mulberry Drive at a very high rate of speed before hearing a very loud impact. The vehicle continued driving at a high rate of speed east on Mulberry
5. Clothing could be seen scattered all over the roadway across both directions, with vehicle debris scattered across EB lanes
6. The point of impact appeared to have been near Greenleaf Avenue, with the body flying at least 400 feet down the road past the railroad tracks toward Painter Avenue
7. It is unclear if the bicyclist was crossing the crosswalk near the point of impact
8. Reportedly, a second vehicle slammed into the body after the initial hit and run before authorities had arrived. This party pulled over and cooperated with authorities
9. Whittier PD arrived to take over the investigation, as the jurisdictional boundary placed it in the city of Whittier
10. LASD Aero Bureau assisted in attempting to locate the heavily damaged hit and run vehicle, which was reportedly leaking coolant as it fled, but were unable to locate it

HANDLING AGENCIES: Whittier PD

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