Police are searching for the driver who struck a 49-year-old bicyclist in Shelton in a hit-and-run crash earlier this month, sending him to the hospital with serious injuries.
Shelton police said the bicyclist was struck around 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 at the intersection of Howe Avenue and Bridge Street.
The victim, a Milford resident, is still at the hospital receiving treatment.
Witnesses told police the offending vehicle was black and traveling southbound on Howe Avenue. The car continued over the Derby-Shelton Bridge.
Police are conducting a checkpoint Friday night in the area of the crash, hoping to speak with drivers who may have been there when it happened.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Shelton Police Department Traffic Division at 203-924-1544 ext. 4417.
