Florida Highway Patrol troopers are searching for a suspect vehicle after a bicyclist was reportedly killed in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday near Poinciana.
The crash occurred just after midnight in the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Sun Cove Drive, troopers said.
According to an FHP crash report, the bicyclist — identified as a man — was traveling east in the middle of the intersection when he was struck by the front of an unknown vehicle that was headed north in the inside lane of northbound Pleasant Hill Road.
The impact sent the bicyclist into the outside lane of Pleasant Hill Road, where he was then struck by the left side of a northbound sedan whose driver had attempted to swerve out of the way, the report states.
Both of the vehicles had a green light, troopers said.
The bicyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, according to FHP.
Though the driver of the second car stayed at the scene, the first driver fled northbound on Pleasant Hill Road, troopers said. Witnesses told FHP that the suspect vehicle is a newer-model black Honda Accord, according to the report.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call FHP at *347 or Crimeline at 800-423-8477.
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Source: ClickOrlando
