MARTINEZ, Calif. – A Martinez woman has been arrested and charged in connection with a Tuesday evening collision that killed a 42-year old Hercules bicyclist, California Highway Patrol Officer Brandon Correia said Thursday.
Christopher Rey Bunag was riding his bicycle about 7:20 p.m. Tuesday on San Pablo Avenue west of the restaurant The Dead Fish in Crockett, near the popular restaurant The Dead Fish, when he was struck and killed in what Correia has called “a senseless act.”
Originally, the CHP had been told the involved vehicle was a blue pickup truck, he said. Late Wednesday, the agency received an anonymous call with information about both the driver and the vehicle suspected of having hit Bunag, he said. The caller said the vehicle instead had been a red Mini Cooper.
“Shortly thereafter, we received a phone call from specific suspect driver,” he said. The woman said she may have been involved in a collision, Correia said.
Using evidence collected at the accident scene, witness statements, surveillance video and other information, CHP investigators obtained a warrant for the woman as well as her vehicle, he said.
Officers placed the woman under arrest and took her car about 2 a.m. Thursday at her Martinez home, he said.
The woman has been identified as Kylie Lanae Derksen, 28. She is facing charges of felony vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and run resulting in death, Correia said. The woman was taken to the Martinez Detention Facility in lieu of $100,000 bail.
“We want to thank the public, the community (and) our news outlets for keeping this story alive and getting the information out so we can bring the suspect to justice,” Correia said.
Christopher Rey Bunag and his family did not get justice for this heinous crime. Kylie Derksen got away with MURDER! This irresponsible girl was smoking weed and drinking, which started at her job at the time (admittedly) while working. After her shift, Kylie and her coworker decided to go drink at a bar in Crockett, then decided to get behind the wheel of a car and drive. I was aware of this tragedy a couple of days after Kylie killed this man who was on a bike ride. What gets me and many others is wondering how she got away with this crime.
She was arrested but only did 5 days in Martinez County jail. No additional jail time, WOW! She got 5 years probation and had to wear The SCRAM CAM bracelet alcohol ankle monitor. This provides 24/7 transdermal alcohol monitoring for high-risk alcohol clients.
She is now off probation and the ankle monitor was taken off about 9 months ago. Kylie, within one month of being off probation got her felony record expunged. It was granted in Stockton with no one from Christopher’s family present to contest this ridiculous request that Kylie was granted.
Kylie is also telling everyone she can or who would listen to her that she’s innocent because the judge told her she was not at fault. We’re asking her if she was innocent and you’re not a fault why were you on 5 years of probation and had to wear an ankle monitor to detect alcohol in your system? She couldn’t give an answer.
Before being arrested Kylie called the police and reported that she witnessed a blue truck hitting Christopher, when it was her driving drunk and high in a red Mini Cooper. That lie is a crime in it’s self and again no punishment. Kylie said to multiple coworkers at her current place of employment, with her felony record expunged that she has her gun rights back. REALLY, that’s what someone who killed someone says after getting off felony probation? The girl Kylie Derksen has ZERO remorse for what she did to Christopher Rey Bunag and his family.