CATHEDRAL CITY, California (April 15, 2013) — Edward James Shaieb, 70, of Cathedral City was killed Saturday night when he was struck by an SUV driven by a suspected drunk driver who crashed into him at East Palm Drive between Cree Road and Golf Club Drive, according to a press release issued by the Riverside County Sheriff Coroner Department.
The driver fled the scene of the crash near the Canon Plaza shopping center about 8 p.m., but witnesses including a doctor and nurse came to the aid of Shaieb who was left to die on the street, according to bikinginla.com. Shaieb, who was not wearing a helmet, was collecting plastic bottles he was planning on recycling, according to the coroner and news reports.
Roughly 20 minutes later, the hit-and-run driver called police to turn himself in. Police arrested Brandon Melton, 27, of Palm Springs the same night charged him with manslaughter, felony hit and run, and DUI, according to KESQ-3. Melton was apparently riding with an unidentified female passenger at the time of the crash.
The Cathedral City Police Department is investigating the fatal crash.
According to bikinginla.com, Shaieb’s death is the 17th bicycling fatality in Southern California this year.
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Sources: http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/, http://www.riversidesheriff.org/coroner/press/
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