Crime & Safety
Hit-And-Run Driver Seriously Injures Cyclist In Bushwick, Police Say
The 32-year-old man was struck on Central Avenue near Linden Street around 3:30 a.m., police said.
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — A hit-and run driver plowed into cyclist on Central Avenue Friday morning, according to police.
The 32-year-old biker was riding south on Central Avenue when he was struck by a vehicle near Linden Street around 3:30 a.m., police said.
Emergency responders rushed the man Kings County Hospital where he was treated for serious injuries, police said.
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The driver fled the crash and police had made no arrests as of 9 a.m. Friday, according to an NYPD spokesman.
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