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SUV Driver Who Fatally Hit Cyclist Turned Himself in to Police After Seeing the Story All Over the News
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The man who hit a cyclist in Pomona and left him to die turned himself in to police last night.Rodger Allen Karcher, 67, of Chino showed up to the Pomona Police Station around 8 pm last night, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Apparently, all the media coverage of the brutal accident got to Karcher.
"The large amount of media coverage played a positive role in this investigation," Pomona police Sgt. Christian Hsu said, in a statement. "Investigators concluded that Karcher turned himself in after watching numerous news stories about the collision."
The damage to Karcher's SUV matched the description of the accident. The coroner's office still hasn't released the identity of the biker killed, but it described him as a man in his 40's.
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