{"id":486972,"date":"2026-10-06T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/486972\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:22:08","slug":"modesto-bicyclist-killed-in-hit-and-run-driver-arrested-on-suspicion-of-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/486972\/","title":{"rendered":"Modesto bicyclist killed in hit-and-run; driver arrested on suspicion of murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Modesto man was arrested on suspicion of murder and DUI after a hit-and-run crash killed a bicyclist Monday afternoon, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 4 p.m. near Needham Street and McHenry Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Modesto police said 33-year-old Manuel Cerrillo-Mendoza was driving a Chevrolet Silverado when he turned into an alley west of McHenry Avenue and hit a 63-year-old bicyclist traveling on Alice Street.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said Cerrillo-Mendoza left the scene. The bicyclist died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Officers later found the pickup in Modesto and stopped Cerrillo-Mendoza near 9th and M streets.<\/p>\n<p>Police said a DUI investigation determined he was driving under the influence. Police also noted Cerrillo-Mendoza had prior DUI-related history.<\/p>\n<p>He was booked on suspicion of murder, hit-and-run resulting in death and DUI causing injury or death.<\/p>\n<p>The bicyclist&#8217;s name has not been released.<\/p>\n<p>Police said this was Modesto&#8217;s 10th deadly traffic crash of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Modesto man was arrested on suspicion of murder and DUI after a hit-and-run crash killed a bicyclist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486973,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[15563,121,123,122],"class_list":["post-486972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-modesto-news","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486972","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=486972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}