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Police search for man who fled scene of fatal hit-and-run

TACOMA, Wash. — Police are searching for a 41-year-old man after he allegedly fled the scene of a hit-and-run on a stolen bicycle.

Daniel Bartolome Diego is charged with failure to remain at an accident resulting in death.

The collision occurred at about 8:20 p.m. Wednesday at South 38th and South M streets.

Police say Diego, driving an SUV, hit a motorcyclist while making a left turn onto South M Street.

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Diego allegedly ditched the damaged SUV for a passerby’s bike.

The passerby had stopped to perform CPR on the motorcyclist.

The motorcyclist was later identified as 52-year-old Vincent Dombrosky, pronounced dead on-scene.

Another passerby spotted a piece of paper fall from the driver’s pocket as he fled, which had his name on it.

Police tracked down the SUV’s owner – Diego’s roommate. Diego’s roommate told police that he had sold the vehicle to Diego.

Diego is still at large.

Police say he is roughly 5 foot, 4 inches tall and 170 pounds.