{"id":174249,"date":"2026-02-12T00:58:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/174249\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T00:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T00:58:06","slug":"suspect-in-bicyclists-hit-and-run-death-in-long-beach-turns-himself-in-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/174249\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in bicyclist\u2019s hit-and-run death in Long Beach turns himself in \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG BEACH \u2014 A 40-year-old Los Angeles man suspected of causing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2026\/02\/08\/bicyclist-struck-killed-by-speeding-car-in-hit-and-run-in-long-beach-police-say\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fatal hit-and-run collision in Long Beach<\/a> was taken into custody Wednesday after turning himself in, police said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Long Beach Police Department, Christopher Bryant was booked on Wednesday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, hit-and-run causing death or great bodily injury, and reckless driving. He was being held on $50,000 bail.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded shortly before 4:50 p.m. Saturday to reports of a hit-and-run collision involving a bicyclist near Redondo Avenue and East Second Street.<\/p>\n<p>A bystander rendered medical aid to the woman upon the arrival of officers. Long Beach Fire Department paramedics responded to the location and took the victim to a hospital, where she later died as a result of her injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives determined after a preliminary investigation that the woman was riding a bicycle southbound on Redondo when a 2025 gray Hyundai Sonata traveling westbound on East Second Street entered the intersection at a high rate of speed, failed to yield at a stop sign, and struck her, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The Sonata fled the scene and was last seen traveling westbound on East Second Street from Redondo Avenue. Police said speed was a contributing factor leading to the fatal collision.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the victim was being withheld pending notification of relatives.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the case was urged to contact the LBPD Collision Investigation Detail at 562-570-7110. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or visit lacrimestoppers.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONG BEACH \u2014 A 40-year-old Los Angeles man suspected of causing a fatal hit-and-run collision in Long Beach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,350,138,131,133,132,137,100,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-174249","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-crash","10":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","11":"tag-long-beach","12":"tag-long-beach-headlines","13":"tag-long-beach-news","14":"tag-los-angeles-county","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}