Bicyclist struck and killed by hit-and-run driver in San Jose
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MAP: Bicyclist struck and killed by hit-and-run driver in San Jose.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A man riding a bicycle was killed early Sunday morning by a wrong-way driver of a pickup truck that fled the scene, San Jose police said.
Officers responded just before 4:30 a.m. to a report of a collision in the area of South First and Reed streets and located a bicycle rider down in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The man had been riding southbound on South First Street when he was struck by a dark colored Chevrolet Silverado type truck going northbound in the southbound lanes, according to the preliminary investigation. The truck fled the scene and has not been located, police said.