Female Suspect Who Fled Overseas Arrested for 2017 Crash

A woman identified as Chan Reyes, who was found to have fled overseas following a hit-and-run incident where she killed a bicyclist, was extradited from Australia on Thursday, October 29th. The incident happened in 2017 in Southern California. The bicyclist was identified as a 46-year-old man named Agustin Rodriguez Jr. He was pronounced dead at the scene after a white Lexus, driven by Reyes dragged him for several hundred feet. Reyes fled the scene and immediately fixed up her car claiming that she hit a deer. A co-worker in Reyes’s old workplace gave a tip to the authorities, identifying her as the driver responsible. Reyes then fled overseas and was found to have spent time in Hongkong and Adelaide for several years. She will be facing criminal charges for her actions.

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Source: Los Angeles Times