76-YEAR-OLD MAN
ACCUSED OF FATALLY STRIKING CYCLIST IN TEXAS CITY
TEXAS CITY, Texas -
A 76-year-old Texas City man was arrested Saturday after
allegedly fatally striking a cyclist with his vehicle Friday.
Rene Sanchez was arrested after Texas City officers saw
his vehicle parked at a residence. Investigators say Sanchez was interviewed at
his home and then at the police station around 12:30 p.m. Sanchez was charged
with failure to stop and render aid. He is being held in the Galveston County
Jail in lieu of $50,000 bond.
The Texas City Police Department received a call around
6:08 p.m. Friday that a man with major head injuries appeared to have been
struck by a vehicle.
Police say when they arrived at the scene in the 200
block of Highway 146 they found the man's body on top of part of a bicycle.
The victim has been identified as Richard Alan Reazin,
49.
Police say Reazin's body landed on Sanchez's vehicle,
and that Sanchez turned into a parking lot to get the body off and then kept
driving