A 37-year-old man has been arrested for hitting and killing a cyclist with his car on the N-634 road off Amorebieta

A 37-year-old man has been arrested by the Ertzaintza on suspicionof having run over a cyclist on the N-634 road off Amorebieta-Etxano (Bizkaia) on 25 July. The man who hit him later died in the hospital.

The accident occurred around 09:45, when a cyclist driving in the direction of Bilbao was hit on the N-634. The victim, an 82-year-old man, was taken to Cruces Hospital by a helicopter from Osakidetza, although medical services confirmed that he had died on the afternoon of the same day.

Following the accident, the Bizkaia Territorial Traffic Unit of the Ertzaintza opened an investigation to clarify what had happened. The officers found that a car was involved in the hit-and-run and that the driver had left the place without assisting the cyclist.

The investigations carried out made it possible to identify the vehicle involved in the accident. On the basis of this information, the Ertzaintza set up an operation to locate the person responsible.

The operation took place on Sunday and involved officers from the Bilbao police station, the Bizkaia Territorial Criminal Investigation Service and the Bizkaia Territorial Traffic Unit.

The operation culminated in the arrest in Bilbao of the owner of the car, a 37-year-old man, who will be taken into custody after the police proceedings have been completed.