A teenager struck by a pickup truck in Riverside died, and the driver who hit him fled Tuesday evening, March 1.
The crash happened at about 9:30 p.m. near Main and Poplar streets, said Officer Ryan Railsback, a Police Department spokesman, in an industrial area south of Spruce Street and west of the 91/60 interchange.
It appears the teen, in a bicycle, was heading north in the middle of the street when struck by a pickup travelling south, police said.
The victim was identified as 15-year-old Javier Gonzalez.
Investigators were searching for the pickup’s driver, who failed to stop and call for help or render aid, Railsback said.
Riverside police asked anyone with information about the crash to contact Detective Jeff Derouin at 951-826-8722 or at Jderouin@riversideca.gov.
Gonzalez was the fifth person to die in a collision in Riverside in the past five days.
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