{"id":386468,"date":"2026-07-04T23:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386468\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T23:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:48:29","slug":"coroner-ids-motorcyclist-in-fresno-intersection-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386468\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner IDs motorcyclist in Fresno intersection hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 30-year-old motorcyclist was killed Wednesday in an alleged hit-and-run crash in Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Officers responded to the incident just after 9 p.m. at Dakota and Fruit Avenues.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived and found the rider lying on the roadway. Officers provided life-saving measures before the rider was taken to Community Regional Center, where he died.<\/p>\n<p>He was identified by the coroner as Marvin Johnson of Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Police Lt. Lt. Justin Hoagland said the crash happened when the suspect vehicle was traveling eastbound on Dakota, while the motorcyclist was westbound on Dakota. Hoagland said the suspect vehicle made a northbound turn at the intersection and collided with the rider, even though both had a green light.<\/p>\n<p>Hoagland said the driver did not stop and accelerated out of the area northbound on Fruit.<\/p>\n<p>Hoagland said the vehicle is described as a silver SUV, possibly a \u201clarge frame Ford\u201d that fled northbound on Fruit. He said the vehicle should have substantial front-end damage.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information should call the police at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/tel:559-621-7000\">559-621-7000.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published July 2, 2026 at 8:34 AM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783208909_380_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.\u00a0<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 30-year-old motorcyclist was killed Wednesday in an alleged hit-and-run crash in Fresno. Officers responded to the incident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-386468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386468","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=386468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}