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A 55-year-old bicyclist was killed Friday morning when a young man drove into the bicycle lane near Reid Park.

The driver, Jesse J. Segebartt,19, was suspected of leaving the scene of the collision that killed Drake G. Okusako, said Officer Linda Galindo, a Tucson Police Department spokeswoman.

Segebartt was booked into Pima County jail on suspicion of failure to remain at the scene of an injury accident, Galindo said.

The fatality was at least the second this year in Tucson involving a bicycle and a vehicle, Galindo said. Statistics were not available Friday.

Galindo gave the following account of the incident:

Segebartt was driving south on Alvernon Way, near East Broadway, in a Nissan Altima and weaving in and out of traffic when he changed lanes to pass another vehicle.

He drove into the curb lane and continued on into the bike lane where he struck Okusako, who was wearing a helmet.

Segebartt drove into a parking lot before leaving the scene. However, a witness was able to get his license plate number.

Police used the plate number to locate the car and the driver at an apartment in the 2400 block of North Haskell, near Alvernon and Grant Road.

Segebartt admitted to being involved in the collision.

Okusako was pronounced dead at the scene.