Hit-And-Run Crash Injures 65-Year-Old Bicyclist: Police

AURORA, IL — Police are seeking the public’s help to find a car that fled the scene of a crash in Aurora, leaving a bicyclist from Naperville seriously injured.

The incident occurred around 4:40 p.m. Saturday on northbound Route 59 near Liberty Street, police said. The vehicle — believed to be a black Volkswagen Beetle with possible damage to the passenger side — fled, and the bicyclist — a 65-year-old man — was taken to a local hospital and was in serious condition, according to police.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Aurora Police Department’s Traffic Division at 630-256-5330, police said.

Tipsters can also call the Aurora Area Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000 or visit www.p3tips.com/135 to report information anonymously, according to police. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards of up to $5,000 and anonymity to people who provide information leading to the arrest of felony offenders and the capture of felony fugitives, police said.