{"id":327487,"date":"2010-02-16T10:29:47","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a8a68b11970b"},"modified":"2010-02-16T12:01:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T17:01:03","slug":"video-captures-motorist-fatally-hitting-cyclist-witnesses-says-driver-was-using-cellphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/327487","title":{"rendered":"Video captures motorist fatally hitting cyclist; witnesses says driver was using cellphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">&nbsp;<embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" devicefont=\"false\" flashvars=\"&#038;titleAvailable=true&#038;playerAvailable=true&#038;searchAvailable=false&#038;shareFlag=N&#038;singleURL=http:\/\/ktla.vidcms.trb.com\/alfresco\/service\/edge\/content\/a6eb85d1-5824-42a2-b968-0655626d3065&#038;propName=ktla.com&#038;hostURL=http:\/\/www.ktla.com&#038;swfPath=http:\/\/ktla.vid.trb.com\/player\/&#038;omAccount=tribglobal&#038;omnitureServer=ktla.com\" loop=\"true\" menu=\"true\" name=\"PaperVideoTest\" play=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" quality=\"high\" salign=\"l\" scale=\"showall\" src=\"http:\/\/ktla.vid.trb.com\/player\/PaperVideoTest.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" align=\"middle\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\"><\/p>\n<p>A surveillance video shows a motorist hitting a cyclist in Compton Monday who later died of his injuries &#8212; then fleeing as witnesses looked on.<\/p>\n<p>A<br \/>\nsilver or gray 1990s Ford passenger van, possibly an Aerostar, struck<br \/>\nthe man about 8 a.m. as he was riding near South Dwight Avenue and West<br \/>\nCompton Boulevard, the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department said.<\/p>\n<p>\nAccording to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktla.com\">KTLA News<\/a>, three men told sheriff&#8217;s deputies they saw the van hit the bicyclist, back up and check on the victim, then speed away.<\/p>\n<p> The driver ran a red light while talking on his cellphone, according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe victim, 40-year-old Ovidio Morales, a father of five, was treated by Compton firefighters, but died of his injuries.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call investigators at the Compton sheriff&#8217;s station at (310) 605-6500.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Robert J. Lopez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A surveillance video shows a motorist hitting a cyclist in Compton Monday who later died of his injuries &#8212; then fleeing as witnesses looked on. A silver or gray 1990s Ford passenger van, possibly an Aerostar, struck the man about 8 a.m. as he was riding near South Dwight Avenue and West Compton Boulevard, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}