Woman injured in hit-and-run crash A 33-year-old...

Woman injured in hit-and-run crash

A 33-year-old Costa Mesa woman riding a tandem bike in Huntington

Beach with her 9-year-old son was injured Sunday after being struck

by a hit-and-run driver who was later arrested, Huntington Beach

police said.

Liza Noela Garneau and her son, Michael Pellicano, were riding

eastbound on Hamilton Street at about 9:48 p.m. when David Gene

Wright, 34, of Huntington Beach hit their bicycle as he made a left

from Hamilton to Brookhurst Street, police said.

The crash knocked Garneau onto the hood of Wright’s Chevy pickup

and into the windshield, police said. Wright fled and eventually

abandoned his truck in the 2300 block of England Street, officials

said.

Police caught up with Wright and arrested him on suspicion of

felony hit-and-run after a witness who followed Wright from the

accident scene directed officers to his truck, officials said.

Garneau suffered a head injury, while Michael was treated for

several cuts on his body, police said. Both were transported to UC

Irvine Medical Center in Orange.