FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A driver is out on bond after a hit-and-run crash that injured a woman during a pro-Palestine demonstration in north Fresno over the weekend.
Police arrested 62-year-old Miguel Noriega for DUI causing injury and assault with a deadly weapon.
Officials say he was involved in the crash around 6 pm Saturday on Nees and Blackstone, right in front of the PF Chang’s restaurant.
Investigators say Noriega was in a pickup truck when he got into an argument with a person on a bike, who was part of the demonstration.
Police say Noriega claimed the cyclist attacked him as he drove away and that’s when he ran into a woman standing in the parking lot.
The woman was treated at the hospital for an injured ankle.
Police are also looking into battery charges against the cyclist.
