Overview
- Police said the collision was reported just after 6:45 a.m. near Pacific Coast Highway and Newland Street.
- All three victims were adult men, with one pronounced dead at the scene and two hospitalized with severe injuries.
- A preliminary investigation found a gold 2006 Mercedes-Benz E-Class struck the riders in a bike lane, and the 43-year-old Long Beach driver stopped about a half mile away.
- The driver, identified as Amber Calderon in some reports, was booked on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter, felony hit-and-run and narcotics possession as the role of impairment remains under review.
- Authorities asked witnesses to call Huntington Beach police at 714-536-5670, and weather reports noted coastal fog that morning which investigators have not cited as a factor.