Oakland Man Pleads Not Guilty to Hit and Run Death

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)_ An Oakland man charged in the hit and run death of a bicyclist last Friday in San Francisco pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.

21-year-old Nils Linke who was visiting the U.S. from Germany, was cycling south on Masonic Avenue near Turk Street at about 10:40 at night when an older-model Mercedes-Benz hit him from behind.

The driver of the Mercedes 36-year-old Joshua Calder allegedly drove away from the scene.

He was arrested about two blocks away after witnesses gave police a description of the car.

Calder has pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, drunken driving and hit-and-run.