Evidently, Sunday was a bad night for bike riders in the Inland Empire.
Less than two and a half hours before an unidentified man was killed in a Chino Hills hit-and-run, another man lost his life in San Jacinto.
And that driver also fled the scene.
According to My News LA, 31-year-old San Jacinto resident Margarito Castro was in the center lane waiting to cross State Street at Dillon Ave around 8:21 pm when he was struck by 21-year-old motorist Savaughn Jojuan Colon Barnes of Hemet.
Barnes was traveling south on State “at a high rate of speed” when he crossed into the center lane, striking Castro before speeding away.
Castro died at the scene.
Barnes was taken into custody at an apartment building four miles away on the 1900 block of Acacia Ave in Hemet, after a witness to the crash gave police the license plate number of his car.
He’s being held on $100,000 bail, after being arrested on suspicion of voluntary manslaughter and hit-and-run resulting in death.
Anyone with information is urged call the San Jacinto Sheriff’s Station at 951/654-2702, or dispatch at 951/776-1099.
This is at least the 77th bicycling fatality in Southern California this year, and the tenth that I’m aware of in Riverside County.
Castro is also the 26th SoCal bike rider killed by a hit-and-run driver since the first of the year.
Update: I just got this response from Castro’s older sister.
He killed my younger brother #justiceformarcos #banningcourthouse pic.twitter.com/Jn3JDJzXEC
— Supreme Capital Funding Inc. (@supreme_capital) December 11, 2022
Castro’s family is raising funds to pay for his funeral. So far, they’ve raised $3,000 of the $15,000 goal.
We are trying to help my mom bury her son. Please share, support this gofundme page: https://t.co/nVGXnJUfay
— Supreme Capital Funding Inc. (@supreme_capital) December 11, 2022
My deepest sympathy and prayers for Margarito Castro and all his loved ones.
