Man Arrested In Orange County Hit-And-Run That Killed Grandfather

FULLERTON, CA — An Anaheim man was arrested Friday in connection with the hit-and-run death of a 67-year-old man who was hit by a truck while riding his bike in Fullerton, authorities said.

Jonathan Ocampo, 21, was taken into custody late Thursday afternoon at the Fullerton police station, said Fullerton Police Department Capt. Jon Radus told City News Service. He was booked on suspicion of felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter, and was being held on $500,000 bail, Radus said.

About 5 a.m. Thursday, officers were sent to Chapman Avenue and Ladera Vista Drive "regarding a fatal hit and run traffic collision involving a bicyclist and a Ford F-250," Radus said in a statement.

Police were dispatched at 5:07 a.m. to Chapman Avenue and Ladera Vista Drive when the bicyclist was struck by a vehicle.

The bicyclist was identified by family members as Elfego Andrade, KTLA reported, a grandfather who had just celebrated his wedding anniversary.

Andrade was found badly injured in a brick planter on the north side of the street and the driver who hit him fled, according to a written statement by the Fullerton Police Department.

He was rushed to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Shortly after they were dispatched, officers received a call from a witness who followed a green 1999 Ford F-250 westbound on Chapman near Berkeley Avenue that was missing a tire and still moving on a rim, Radus said. The witness followed the driver to Delphine Place and Jacaranda Place, where the pickup's driver got out and ran away, Radus said.

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City News Service contributed to this article.