CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Highway Patrol is investigating a hit-and-run that left a bicyclist dead.
Around 8:50 p.m., NC State Highway Patrol responded to the collision on US 70 near 4th Street SW in Conover.
Officials say a bicyclist, 58-year-old Donald Steven Ricker, was going east on US 70 when he was hit by a vehicle that immediately fled the scene. Ricker was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe the suspect vehicle is a 2018-2020 Ford F-150, F-250 Super Duty, or a Ford Mustang. NCSHP is asking anyone who may have seen anything in the area of US 70 near Nagano Japanese Restaurant from 8:45 p.m. to 9 p.m. to contact them at 828-466-5500.
Source: Fox 8 News Channel