UPDATED 1:20 p.m.. Aug. 26

A Port Townsend man faces charges of vehicular homicide and hit and run after striking and killing a bicyclist who was riding along State Route 19 near Port Hadlock.

Jeremy Jon Morris, 40, was booked into Jefferson County Jail at 6:08 a.m., Aug. 25 on suspicion of vehicular homicide. On Aug. 26, his bail was set at $50,000, with formal charges on two counts: vehicular homicide, and hit and run fatality accident.

According to a press memo from Washington State Patrol, about 1:11 a.m. Aug. 25, Morris was driving a black 1999 Ford Expedition southbound on SR 19, just south of Four Corners Road. The location is about five miles south of Port Townsend, and across the highway from the Rhody Drive Self Storage property.

Esther M. Machado, 38, who authorities believe is a transient living in Jefferson County, was riding a bicycle southbound on the highway shoulder.

The Ford Expedition left the roadway to the right, with the center of the vehicle striking the bicyclist, said trooper Russ Winger, WSP District 8 public information officer.

Winger said the vehicle struck her a second time while re-entering the roadway.

Jefferson County Sheriff's deputy Derek Allen arrived on scene at 1:15 a.m. to find the woman, deceased, in SR 19 southbound lane. Allen saw pieces of a bicycle and a vehicle.

Machado was wearing a helmet, was dressed in dark clothing, and was not wearing a headlamp, Winger said. At this point in the investigation, Winger said it was unclear if the bicycle was equipped with lights.

There was no indication the vehicle attempted to break prior to hitting the victim, Winger said. There is also no indication, at this point in the investigation, that the collision was intentional, the trooper said.

The posted speed limit in this section of highway, which does have a shoulder outside the driving lane's fog line, is 40 mph.

According to a documents filed in Jefferson County Superior Court, Morris left the scene and drove to his wife's home in Port Townsend and told her that he had been in an accident. His wife then returned him to the accident scene.

In a written statement she gave to law enforcement, she also stated Morris had been up an extended period of time under the influence of methamphetamine, according to a probable cause report from Washington State Patrol trooper James Decker.

Law enforcement arrested Morris, and obtained a warrant to draw his blood. Results of that blood test are needed to process a toxicology report, Winger said.

"Investigators found some indication of drug use at the scene," Winger said. Decker's report said officers noticed Morris's eyes were bloodshot.

Morris told officers he'd fallen asleep and drifted off the road, according to Decker's report.

(This story to be updated as more information becomes available.)