A 22-year-old man was released on bail Monday after a migrant farmworker from Mexico was killed in a hit-and-run while cycling in rural Niagara-on-the-Lake late last Friday night.

Gavin Devries, 22, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, faces charges of failing to stop after an accident resulting in death, impaired operation causing death and having a blood-alcohol level over .08.

Devries is to make his next appearance in St. Catharines court in September.

As a condition of his release, he was ordered to live at his family’s home on Line 6 and also was banned from driving. The charges have not yet been tested in court.

The victim, identified in court documents as Sinhue Garcia, was 39 and worked at the massive St. David’s Hydroponics plant on Concession 7 in rural NOTL. His wife also works at the facility.

Garcia and a friend were southbound on Concession 6 near Line 4 about 11:40 p.m. Friday when tragedy struck.

Niagara Regional Police said Garcia succumbed to his injuries at the scene. The crash occurred about 1.5 kilometres south of the roundabout near St. Michael Catholic School.

Investigators allege the driver fled before emergency crews arrived and did not report the collision. A man was arrested in NOTL a few hours later.

Police said officers from 2 District and the traffic enforcement unit seized a suspect vehicle for examination.

They said anyone who witnessed the collision or has dash camera or surveillance footage from the area around the time of the crash should contact investigators.

Several farmworkers have died on rural roads over the years in NOTL.

In 2019, a woman known only as Zenaida, who worked at both Tregunno Fruit Farms and St. David’s Hydroponics, was killed while walking along Concession 7, not far from the latest crash.

Patrick McCabe, 22, of Pelham was sentenced to two years in prison in that incident.