Crime & Safety
Car Crashes Into Bicyclist, Kills Man In Auburndale
Auburndale police are searching for a driver who hit a bicyclist and then drove away early Tuesday morning on Havendale Boulevard.
AUBURNDALE, FL — A fatal hit-and-run crash involving a bicyclist occurred Tuesday morning on Havendale Boulevard, Auburndale police said.
According to police, the bicyclist was in the west far-right lane on Havendale when they fell off the bike, then a red car. hit them at about 5 a.m. and kept driving west in the 3100 block of Havendale Boulevard.
The identity of the victim will not be released until his next of kin has been notified., police said.
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If you have information about this case, call Matthew Kirkpatrick, a traffic homicide investigator, at 863-965-5555.
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