Traffic & Transit
Vehicular Manslaughter Charges Filed In Fremont Bicyclist Death
Last August, 28-year-old Fremont resident Kiranjot Deol was struck and killed as he rode in the bike lane on Boyce Road.
FREMONT, CA — The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has filed felony vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and run charges against 25-year-old Rosendo Cruz Vargas of Ceres, a small ton south of Modesto in the Central Valley. Vargas is accused of killing 28-year-old Fremont resident Kiranjot Deol as he rode his bike last Aug. 28.
According to Fremont Police, Deol was riding to work on Boyce Road around 5 a.m. in the bike lane when he was hit by a vehicle. A police investigation determined that the vehicle initially left the crash, but returned. Vargas called 911, but the bicyclist was declared dead at the scene.
Vargas surrendered to Fremont Investigators on Dec. 12. He has since been released pending future court proceedings.
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