TRUCKEE, Calif. — A 23-year-old Boulder man has died from injuries he suffered when he was struck by an SUV while riding his bicycle at Lake Tahoe in a hit-and-run accident on California 28 near Carnelian Bay.
California Highway Patrol spokesman Pete Mann told the Sierra Sun that James Hulett died at a Reno hospital Thursday after suffering major head trauma last Friday.
Placer County sheriff’s spokeswoman Dena Erin says 53-year-old Vincent Araujo of Kings Beach, Calif., has been charged with felony hit-and-run. Additional charges are possible. Araujo surrendered to deputies about two hours after he allegedly drifted onto the highway shoulder and struck Hulett from behind. Erin says Araujo is on a “no bail hold” at the jail in Auburn while U.S. immigration officials investigate his citizenship.
