Bicyclist dies in hit and run accident

HE WAS A GO- GETTER AND A GOAL SETTER THAT S HOW FAMILY AND FRIENDS DESCRIBE THE ALBUQUERQUE BICYCLIST WHO WAS KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER LAST NIGHT IT HAPPENED ON COMANCHE NEAR VASSAR SHELTON DODSON IS THERE WITH WHO THE VICTIM WAS -- AND WHERE THE INVESTIGATION STANDS SHELTON AT THE START OF THE YEAR ROY SEKRETA SET A GOAL TO BIKE 4 000 MILES THIS YEAR LAST NIGHT HIS GOAL -- AND HIS LIFE -- WERE CUT TRAGICALLY SHORT 43-YEAR-OLD ROY SEKRETA HAD A PASSION FOR CYCLING COMANCHE WAS PART OF THE 20-MILE ROUND TRIP HE WOULD TAKE FROM HIS HOME TO HIS WORK AS A DESIGN ENGINEER FOR A SOLAR PANEL COMPANY It justare of the employees and make sure that they are in good shape and that we do as much as we can for his friends and his family in this time of need It s always just really hard to lose a cyclist but just another human being around an accident it s sad KATHLEEN KEATING STOPPED AT ROY S MEMORIAL THIS AFTERNOON HE DIED WHILE ON HIS WAY HOME LAST NIGHT AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR POLICE SAY THE TWO MEN IN THAT CAR LEFT HIM THERE TO DIE -- DECIDING TO RETURN TO THE SCENE 30-MINUTES LATER TO ADMIT WHAT THEY DID It s immoral not to stop when there s and accident I give them credit that they came back I m pleased that they did that because it was an accident But they will work it out in the courts and that s where you need to work it out ROY -- WHO GREW UP IN LONG ISLAND -- CHOSE TO LIVE IN ALBUQUERQUE BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR THE BIKING TERRAIN HIS WIFE P-J SAYS HE CALLED HER AT 6 25 LAST NIGHT SAYING HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME TEN MINUTES LATER POLICE GOT THE CALL OF THE CRASH THAT CLAIMED HIS LIFE We ll be doing everything that we can to help her out in her time of need He s a great guy ONCE POLICE FINISH THEIR INVESTIGATION IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE D-A S OFFICE AND THEY WILL DECIDE IF CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE DRIVER WHO FLED THE