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Police are on the lookout for a driver who hit a bicyclist and then fled the scene in Fairfield County.
The incident took place around 12:511 p.m., Wednesday, April 28 when a vehicle traveling northbound on Smith Ridge Road (Route 123) in New Canaan struck a cyclist who was also traveling northbound and then left the scene of the crash, said Lt. Jason Ferraro of the New Canaan Police.
The cyclist, a 56-year-old Ridgefield man, suffered abrasions and other unknown injuries and was transported to Norwalk Hospital by New Canaan EMS for treatment and further evaluation, Ferraro said.
Based on witness statements a possible suspect vehicle is a grey-colored older model sedan or SUV with New York license plates, possibly beginning with GHE.