Attention East Bay and south Bay: be on the lookout for a four-door, dark-colored 1995 Toyota sedan (something like a Corolla or a Camry?) with probable front end damage.
Investigators are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck and seriously injured a bicyclist in Fremont early Thursday morning, a police spokeswoman said.
The collision occurred near Fremont and Old Warm Springs boulevards around 5:40 a.m.
The bicyclist suffered major injuries and was treated at a hospital in San Jose.
More at KGO / ABC7, San Francisco: Police searching for hit-and-run driver who hit cyclist.
In other news…
Patricia Dolores reports she and her poppy were just riding along on Skyline Boulevard in San Mateo County yesterday when they were run off of the road by a maniac driving upwards of 70 MPH on this winding, two lane mountain road. Shortly thereafter, they encountered the mangled corpse of the driver, who apparently met a bad end after he lost control. Unfortunately, this driver may have taken out another victim.
News about fatal collision here, which reports “CHP has not yet determined what caused the collision.”
50-year-old cyclist Thomas Battat killed on Silverado Trail south of Calistoga in Napa County “when, for unknown reasons, he drifted into the path of a southbound car.” The suicide swerve, sadly, strikes again. Via.
White Truck vs Bicyclist this morning in Santa Cruz on Soquel Drive next to Dominican Hospital. “Reporting party did not know she hit the bicyclist” according to the CHP dispatch log, and no medical treatment was needed. I don’t have any other details.