A male bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run in the Bronx on Sunday after a woman hit him with her car and fled the scene with a child in tow, cops said.
The woman was driving a white SUV when she crashed into the man near the corner of East 172nd Street and Metcalf Avenue in Soundview shortly before 3 p.m., police said.
After hitting the cyclist, she got out of the SUV with a child and was picked up by another vehicle. The getaway car fled the scene and left the man bleeding on the ground, according to police.
The woman was driving a white SUV when she crashed into the man. Thomas E. Gaston
The man suffered a leg injury and was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.
Police are still working to identify the victim who may have been the Sunday night delivery boy.
The driver remained at large Sunday evening.
The driver fled in another car with a small child after the crash.
The hit-and-run crash is the second fatal crash involving a driver and bicyclist in the Bronx in just five days.
Just before midnight Wednesday, 26-year-old Victoriano Angeles was riding an electric bicycle in Mott Haven when he collided with a Chevrolet Impala. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital but could not be saved.
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