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A 44-year-old woman riding a bicycle in Stanton was struck and killed by an allegedly drunken hit-and-run motorist who was later arrested at his home.
The bicyclist was later identified as Stanton resident Deborah Gresham, according to the coroner’s office.
Deputies dispatched at 7:41 p.m. Friday to the 7100 block of Cerritos Avenue found Gresham, who was pronounced dead at the scene, in the westbound lanes of Cerritos Avenue, according to Lt. John Roche of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
“The suspect left the scene and was eventually located at his residence in Stanton,” Roche said.
Witness information led deputies to Ricardo Hernandez Sandoval’s home, where he was arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run, felony DUI and vehicular manslaughter, Roche said.
—City News Service