Troy Davids, 21, was killed in April by a hit and run driver. Photo: Facebook
BY JENNIFER MADRIGAL
EASTVALE- A suspect has been arrested in the hit and run fatality of 21-year old Troy Davids. The suspect’s name is Casey Coltrain, a 26 year old Riverside County resident who will be charged with 2nd degree murder and hit and run. According to Lt. Yates, who has been actively working this case, “This has been an active investigation with thousands of hours used to find this suspect. We never stopped looking for the suspect responsible for this horrific crime and thanks to the hard work of investigators we were able to make an arrest”.
According to a Press Release from the Riverside County Sheriff Department, the suspected driver of a black sedan struck and killed Davids as he rode his bike home from work on April 25. The car sped off, and was last reported turning southbound on Scholar Way. According to the police report, witnesses said the driver didn’t even stop. Davids was transported to the local Ontario Kaiser hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
A few weeks ago, it was revealed that there was a tan Chevrolet Suburban that may have possibly witnessed the accident. Eastvale Police Department’s Traffic Division and local volunteers set up a checkpoint near the incident location on Hamner and Limonite and handed out flyers. The hope was that by getting the public more involved, someone who may have witnessed the incident would come forward with more information.The flyers provided a brief summary of a fatal hit and run traffic collision in the hopes of identifying possible witnesses. At the conclusion of the public outreach, five citizens came forward and provided information to Traffic Investigators about the case.The Eastvale Police Department had also assigned a full-time traffic officer to this case and the officer actively followed up on the many leads that came in.
“The Davids family has been an active part of this investigation. Cooperating and helping us in any way possible and we hope that this arrest can bring them some type of closure”, said Lt. Yates.
