Fleeing driver arrested after critically injuring motorcycle rider in pt. Loma
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A 31-year-old motorcycle rider was critically injured in Point Loma on Tuesday after a collision with an SUV whose driver fled the scene. San Diego Police responded at approximately 5:32
p.m. to the crash at the intersection of Oliphant and Rosecrans streets. A 56-year-old man driving northbound on Rosecrans in a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport made a left turn in front of
the motorcyclist, who was southbound on a 2016 Suzuki DR-Z 400 SM. Sgt. David Gibson said the Outlander driver fled and was pursued by a witness, who notified police about the hit-and-run.
Officers later arrested the driver at Plum and Keats streets, Gibson said. The victim suffered fractured ribs, a fractured left arm, a fractured left leg and other internal injuries, which
Gibson said were life-threatening. The department’s traffic division is handling the investigation. Anyone with information related to the collision is asked to call 858-495-7919 or San
Diego County Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477. _City News Service contributed to this article._