Motorist told authorities that he did not stop because he panicked
A pick-up driver in Los Angeles, USA, caused an accident involving a cyclist and fled the scene leaving behind the scene with a wounded man on the ground and his bicycle destroyed.
Security camera footage in Boyle Heights, revealed by the Los Angeles Police, shows the cyclist to rotate in its lane when a Chevrolet Silverado appears from the front, circling in the opposite lane and causing a frontal collision in which the bicycle driver is projected in the air until it falls violently to the ground.
The pick-up driver did not stop the his march and left the place, being searched by the authorities.
“After the collision, the driver did not stop to help, identify himself and left the place at his vehicle”, reported the authorities that, according to “Carscoops” reported a reward of 25 thousand dollars (approximately 22 thousand euros) to the efforts to catch the cause of the accident.
The driver of the pick-up up was later detained by authorities, to whom he explained that he did not stop because he panicked. The 53-year-old cyclist was taken to hospital with several injuries, but on Tuesday he was already at home recovering.
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