Police Seeking Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck Bicyclist

A female motorist suspected of striking and badly injuring a bicyclist and crashing into a building at a miniature golf course Sunday in Milpitas remains at large, police said today.

Officers responded at 4:36 p.m. Sunday to a suspected hit-and-run collision involving a red, four-door 2012 Nissan Sentra and a bike rider on Jacklin Road near Interstate Highway 680, according to police.

The bicyclist, a 30-year-old Milpitas man found lying on the ground, was transported to a hospital. His injuries were major but not considered life-threatening, police said.

Officers located the heavily damaged Nissan at the scene, where it had crashed into a building outside the Golfland miniature golf park at 1199 Jacklin Road and was abandoned by the driver, according to police.

The driver was described as a woman in her 30s who had fled after the car struck the bicyclist and building, police said.

Milpitas police are still investigating the case and are asking anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them at (408) 586-2400 or to leave an anonymous tip at (408) 586-2500.

--Bay City News; Image via Shuttlerstock

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