Motorcyclist Sends Cyclist, 80, To Hospital

A motorcyclist collided with an 80-year-old cyclist in Fair Haven, then left him on the ground and sped away.

The collision occurred at Ferry Street and Grand Avenue Thursday around 4:30 p.m.

Arriving emergency responders found a severely injured male lying in the roadway,” police spokesman Capt. Anthony Duff wrote in a release. Officers learned a motorcycle traveling through the intersection had collided with the bicyclist. The bicyclist was ejected upon impact. The motorcycle operator fled the crash scene on an unknown motorcycle and was last seen traveling east on Grand Avenue toward Front Street.”

The cyclist is in the hospital in critical condition, Duff reported.

Duff asked anyone with information to contact investigators at (203) 946‑6304.

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