UPDATE: Bicyclist Elfego Andrade Killed, Jonathan Ocampo Arrested in Hit-and-Run on Chapman Avenue [Fullerton, CA]

Police Arrest Jonathan Ocampo after Fullerton Hit-and-Run, Elfego Andrade Killed

 
FULLERTON, CA (August 21, 2022) – A bicyclist died while police arrested Jonathan Ocampo after a hit-and-run crash in Fullerton on Thursday morning, August 18.
 
The family of the victim identified the bicyclist as 67-year-old Elfego Andrade.
 
The fatal crash happened around 5:07 a.m. at Chapman Avenue and Ladera Vista Drive. According to the Fullerton Police Department, Andrade was biking to work early when he was struck from behind and killed by the driver of a green 1999 Ford F-250 pickup.
 
The driver – identified as Ocampo – stopped after the crash, drove up onto the sidewalk, then drove off without staying at the scene.
 
Andrade was thrown from the bike and hit a brick planter, police said.
 
Paramedics rushed Andrade to an area hospital, where he later died.
 
A witness followed the suspect vehicle and driver to Delphine Place and Jacaranda Place, where the driver got out and ran away.
 
Ocampo, a 21-year-old Anaheim resident, later turned himself in. Police arrested him for felony hit-and-run and vehicular manslaughter. He is being held on $500,000 bail.
 
An investigation into this fatality is ongoing.

We extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of Elfego Andrade.

 
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