Hit-and-run driver charged with murder after mowing down 77-year-old cyclist

The 77-year-old man was struck whereas using throughout a charity bike experience at Griffith Park.
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A Los Angeles hit-and-run driver was charged with homicide after mowing down a 77-year-old bicycle owner who was collaborating in a charity bike experience on Saturday afternoon.

Andrew Jelmert, 77, died in LA’s Griffith Park park after he was allegedly struck by Jairo Martínez, 37, who was underneath the affect, prosecutors stated Wednesday.

Martínez was captured shortly after fleeing the scene and charged with homicide and hit-and-run driving ensuing within the demise of one other particular person. He additionally confronted expenses for driving with a suspended or revoked license from a previous DUI, based on a press launch.

“My coronary heart goes out to everybody who grieves for the mindless lack of bicycle owner Andrew Jelmert,” stated Los Angeles County District Lawyer George Gascón.

“Drunken drivers threaten the protection of us all. They should be held accountable and their victims given the trauma-informed providers they might want to grow to be survivors.”

Jelmert “was pedaling the ultimate stretch of a 67-mile coaching experience in preparation for a 545-mile experience from San Francisco to LA benefiting the San Francisco AIDS Basis and the Los Angeles LGBT Heart,” based on a change.org petition.