Police seek hit-and-run driver who injured bicyclist in Webster Township

By Cindy Heflin Associate news director

Posted on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 : 11:59 a.m.

Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies are looking for a driver accused of hitting a bicyclist Sunday shortly before noon on Mast Road in Webster Township and leaving the scene.

Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said a Ford Focus similar to this one hit a bicyclist on Mast Road in Webster Township and fled the scene Sunday.

The driver struck and injured a Livingston County man riding a bicycle at 11:43 a.m. Sunday on Mast Road near Lucy Drive and fled north toward Strawberry Lake Road, Washtenaw County sheriff’s deputies said in a press release.

The bike rider, whose age and specific place of residence were not available, was alert at the scene, Dexter firefighters said. Huron Valley Ambulance paramedics took him to a local hospital, where he is expected to recover.

The car is a black, 2007-2011 two- or four-door Ford Focus that is missing the passenger-side mirror and is believed to have other front passenger-side damage, police said.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Washtenaw County Traffic Service Unit Detective Robert Losey at (734) 973- 4791 or the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office confidential tip line number 734-973-7711, or Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at 1-800-SPEAKUP.

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Cindy Heflin is associate news director at AnnArbor.com. Contact her at cindyheflin@annarbor.com or 734-623-2572 or follow her on Twitter.