Arrest Made in Fatal Desert Hot Springs Hit-and-Run

Arrest Made in Fatal Desert Hot Springs Hit-and-Run

by Contributing Editor

A 31-year-old women has been arrested for allegedly running over a bicyclist in her Lexus sedan in Desert Hot Springs and leaving the man with fatal injuries before driving away, police said Tuesday.

Yesenia Bibriesca was arrested Friday on suspicion of felony hit and run involving injury or death in connection to the crash that killed 43-year-old Christopher Jones of Palm Springs on July 8, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department.

Bibriesca was booked at the Indio jail and later made $75,000 bail. Jail records show her initial court date is scheduled for Nov. 10 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.

Police responded to the crash scene on Two Bunch Palms Trail near Little Morongo Road at about 5:50 a.m. Friday and found Jones dead and his totaled bicycle nearby. Jones was riding in the middle of the roadway when he was fatally struck, police said.

Following the crash, police began searching for a maroon Lexus sedan, which they identified as a being connected to the crash through “investigative leads.”

Unspecified investigative tactics led police to the 16200 block of Avenida Ramada, near Desert Hot Springs, where a maroon Lexus sedan was located. Bibriesca told police she was the owner.

“Bibriesca was determined to be the driver of the Lexus at the time of the collision and the Lexus was the vehicle involved in the hit and run traffic collision,” according to police.

Additional information about the investigation was not revealed.

Bibriesca has no documented felony convictions in Riverside County.

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