Hit-and-Run Driver Sought
Police were searching Saturday for the driver of a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident Friday night that left a bicyclist critically injured.
The bicyclist, Filigonio Vasquez, 29, was listed in critical condition at Western Medical Center-Santa Ana on Saturday. He suffered major head injuries in the accident, which occurred at 7:09 p.m. on Friday.
Vasquez was riding his bike along East Collins Avenue, just south of North Hart Street, when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene of the accident, police said. Officers passing by found the injured man in the street, Sgt. Roy Peterson said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Sean O’Tool of the Orange Police Department at (714) 744-7460.
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