Bicyclist killed by hit and run driver near Warner Ave. and S. Bristol St.

Ricardo Martinez, a 44-year-old has been identified as the bicyclist who was killed at the 1400 block of West Warner Ave., just east of the South Pacific Avenue intersection, at about 5 a.m. on Saturday morning, by the driver of an SUV who sped away after the accident, according to the O.C. Register.

Martinez  was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Witnesses did not provide the police with a description of the SUV’s driver. However the SUV was reported to have traveled eastbound on Warner after the fatal crash.

The SAPD closed Warner between Pacific and Bristol after the collision as the traffic investigators examined the scene.

The police still are not sure which direction the vehicles were traveling prior to the accident, or whether the SUV’s driver was speeding or on drugs or alcohol.

Aanyone with information about the collision or the whereabouts of the SUV driver is asked to contact Santa Ana police Cpl. Matt Wharton at 714-245-8209.

This incident happened in Santa Ana’s Ward 4, which is represented by Councilman David Benavides.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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