Wednesday, July 2, 2008 --- 10:29
According to the Dane County Sheriff's Department:
At approximately 6:30 am, Dane County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a Hit and Run on Fitchrona Road near Grandview Road in the town of Verona.
A 59-year-old Madison man was cycling southbound on Fitchrona Road and was attempting to make a left turn when a dark-colored pick-up pulling a flatbed trailer, also traveling southbound, tried to pass him illegally on the left. The pick-up driver struck the bicyclist and then left the scene of the crash. The pick-up truck may have been hauling lawn equipment on the flatbed trailer.
The bicyclist received serious but non-life threatening injuries. He was transported by Fitch-Rona EMS to UW Hospital. The crash is under investigation by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Dane County Tip Line at (608) 284-6900.