Cyclist Killed In Beach Boulevard Hit And Run: OCSD

STANTON, CA — A cyclist was killed Wednesday by a hit-and-run driver in Stanton, authorities said.

The crash was reported at just before 2:45 a.m. at Chapman Avenue and Beach Boulevard, said Lt. Nathan Wilson of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

The cyclist, whose age and gender were not immediately reported, was taken to the hospital in critical condition, Wilson said.

"He later died from his injuries,"Lt. John Roache of the Orange County Sheriff's Department said.

The vehicle that struck the victim was described as silver or champagne in color and possibly a Nissan.

Garden Grove police detained a driver based on the info released by the sheriff's department, Roache said.

That suspect, described as a 44-year-old man, was eventually arrested for an alleged probation violation, but as of midday he had not been booked in connection with the hit-and-run.

A sheriff's spokesman said, however, that no outstanding suspects in the hit-and-run were believed to still be at large.

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