Union City Bicyclist Critically Injured in Hit-and-Run Crash

UNION CITY, CA - A woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run collision in Union City that sent a bicyclist to the hospital.

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Vinitha Rangachari, 42, of Fremont, was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run with injury, police said.

Officers with the Union City Police Department responded Tuesday at 2:51 p.m. to a report of a hit-and-run collision on Alvarado-Niles Road at Dowe Avenue.

Police said a bicyclist was struck by a white van traveling west on Alvarado-Niles Road. The driver of the van fled the scene without stopping.

The bicyclist, identified as Aries Yusi, 24, of Union City, suffered possible life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local trauma center, police said.

Police said Rangachari later turned herself in at the Fremont Police Department.

--Bay City News