TO THE DISTRICT’S WEBSITE. SHE HAS BEEN AN EDUCATOR SINCE 1997. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAVE FOUND THE DRIVER WHO HIT AND KILLED A 61 YEAR OLD MAN WHO WAS FIXING A FLAT IN ELK GROVE. THEY SAY THE SUSPECT DID NOT STOP AFTER TUESDAY NIGHT’S CRASH ON BRUCEVILLE ROAD BETWEEN BILBY ROAD AND BOA NOVA DRIVE. POLICE TRACKED DOWN THIS TRUCK RIGHT HERE. THE DRIVER, 31 YE
Arrest made in deadly Elk Grove hit-and-run after man killed while fixing flat tire
Updated: 10:09 PM PST Feb 5, 2026
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A 31-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, a day after investigators believe he hit and killed another man in Elk Grove before driving off, the police department said. Elk Grove police said the crash happened Tuesday evening along Bruceville Road, between Bilby Road and Boa Nova Drive. A 61-year-old man was repairing a flat tire on his vehicle on the west shoulder of Bruceville Road when he was hit by a Dodge pickup truck, the police department said. The truck continued driving away from the collision. Officials said the victim was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries. Elk Grove police later identified the suspected driver as Kushmit Singh. On Wednesday, detectives searched Singh’s home, which was near the crash scene, and found the Dodge truck in the garage with evidence of it being involved in the collision. Singh was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail for felony hit-and-run resulting in permanent injury or death. Jail records show Singh was released from custody on Thursday. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A 31-year-old man was arrested Wednesday, a day after investigators believe he hit and killed another man in Elk Grove before driving off, the police department said.
Elk Grove police said the crash happened Tuesday evening along Bruceville Road, between Bilby Road and Boa Nova Drive.
A 61-year-old man was repairing a flat tire on his vehicle on the west shoulder of Bruceville Road when he was hit by a Dodge pickup truck, the police department said. The truck continued driving away from the collision.
Officials said the victim was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Elk Grove police later identified the suspected driver as Kushmit Singh. On Wednesday, detectives searched Singh’s home, which was near the crash scene, and found the Dodge truck in the garage with evidence of it being involved in the collision.
Singh was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail for felony hit-and-run resulting in permanent injury or death. Jail records show Singh was released from custody on Thursday.
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