Greensboro man charged after bicyclist killed in High Point hit-and-run, police say

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — A man was arrested and charged in connection to a fatal hit-and-run in High Point, according to a High Point Police Department news release.

Police say that just before 6 p.m. on Nov. 10, multiple first responders were called to the area of West Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Oakwood Street after getting a report of hit-and-crash involving a vehicle and a bicyclist.

At the scene, first responders found the bicyclist, Michael L. Isaac Jr., 33, of High Point, dead in the road.

Investigators say that Isaac was riding his bicycle in the travel lane of West Martin Luther King Jr. Drive before being fatally hit.

The driver left the scene before law enforcement and other emergency personnel could arrive, police say.

Silverio S. Diaz-Ramirez, 27, of Greensboro, was charged with felony hit-and-run and
driving with a revoked license.

He was given a $25,000 secured bond.

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