A 64-year-old bicyclist was hospitalized Friday night with life threatening injuries he suffered in a hit-and-run crash in Point Loma Heights.
The victim was walking or riding his bike northbound in the bike lane of the 4000 block Nimitz Boulevard around 11 p.m. when he was struck or sideswiped by a white Nissan Versa or similar vehicle traveling northbound in the No. 2 lane, according to Officer Robert Heims of the San Diego Police Department.
The driver did not stop and the victim was found on the ground by another driver, Heims said.
The victim suffered an open pelvic fracture and several other major, life threatening injuries, Heims said.
Anyone with information about this hit-and-run crash was asked to call the police department’s traffic division at 858-495-7800.
Anonymous tips can be submitted to San Diego County Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
— City News Service
