Cyclist Wanted In Deadly Chelsea Hit-And-Run: Photo Released

CHELSEA, NY — Police released a photo for the first time Tuesday of a person involved in a deadly hit-and-run cyclist collision in Chelsea earlier in August.

A 44-year-old man was crossing the street on Aug. 11 at West 22nd Street and Eighth Avenue, when a cyclist riding northbound through the same intersection collided with the pedestrian, police said.

Both people were thrown to the ground, but the unidentified cyclist popped back up off the street, re-mounted the bike, and fled the Lower Manhattan street, police said.

Medics rushed the pedestrian to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries five days later on Aug. 16, NYPD said.

Police have been looking for the biker in the weeks since. Here's the photo NYPD released Tuesday of the man wanted in connection to the collision.

Police describe the person as a man around 25 years old, with brown hair, a medium build and an unknown tattoo on his right forearm.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).