Police arrest hit-and-run suspect

CREATED May. 25, 2011

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Web Producer: Layla Tang

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Tucson Police have made an arrest in the hit-and-run that sent a bicyclist to the hospital with serious injuries.

Abigail A. Allin, 21, is charged with leaving the scene after striking the cyclist Friday evening on North Swan Road between East Camp Lowell and the Rillito River bridge. Witnesses saw the black Nissan Altima hit the man and then leave the scene; they described the driver as a female, approximately in her late teens or early twenties, with red hair. The cyclist was taken to a local trauma center with serious injuries.

The Tucson Police Department received a tip regarding the vehicle. Based on the evidence collected, they arrested Allin. She was booked into the Pima County Jail, charged with one count each of leaving the scene of a serious injury collision; causing serious injury with a motor vehicle with a suspended driver's license, and tampering with physical evidence.