A cyclist died Sunday in a collision in the Bronx after a woman hit him with her car and fled the scene with a child in tow, police said.
The woman was driving a white Jeep when she crashed into the man near the corner between East 172nd Street and Metcalf Avenue in Soundview shortly before 3 p.m., police said.
After colliding with the cyclist, she got out of the Jeep with a child and was picked up by another vehicle. The vehicle that fled fled the scene and left the man bleeding on the ground, according to police.
The woman was driving a white Jeep when she crashed into the man. Thomas E. Gaston
The man suffered a leg injury and was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
Police were still working to identify the victim, who could have been a delivery man, on Sunday night.
The driver remained at large Sunday night.
The driver fled in another car with a small child after the accident.
The collision is the second fatal accident between driver and cyclist in the Bronx in just five days.
Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, 26-year-old Victoriano Angeles was riding an electric bicycle in Mott Haven when he collided with a Chevrolet Impala. He was taken to Lincoln Hospital, but could not be rescued.