SARASOTA, FL – A hit-and-run crash left a bicyclist in critical condition and ended in a Massachusetts man’s arrest Thursday, WFLA reports.
The suspect, later identified as John Figgie, had veered into the U.S. 41 bike lane and struck the 78-year-old male cyclist, a local, before hitting a van and continuing northbound. Figgie had later struck another vehicle before Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested and booked him into jail.
FHP said Figgie was charged with “leaving the scene of a serious injury crash and several other moving violations.”
The cyclist was the only injured occupant. He is currently recovering at a hospital.
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