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Update On Fatal Hit And Run Incident

MADRAS, OR -- The truck driver accused of the fatal hit-and-run in Madras on Tuesday night  told a supervisor he remembered swerving to avoid a dark, shadowy figure but did not believe he hit anything. Central Oregon Daily reports Jose Manuel Bernal-Mendoza remains jailed in Azusa, California. Madras Police received video from a local business and were able to identify the truck as a Volvo moving through town about the time of the crash. Later ODOT photo’s from a weigh station helped police get a license plate number and the name of the trucking company Bernal-Mendoza works for. Police in Madras say it could be more than a month before Bernal-Mendoza is returned to Jefferson county to face charges, For more on this story, click here..https://centraloregondaily.com/new-details-emerge-in-fatal-madras-hit-and-run-suspect-remains-in-california-jail/

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