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West Yarmouth police seek black pickup truck in hit-and-run crash injuring e-bike rider

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WEST YARMOUTH — Yarmouth Police are looking to identify a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that left an electric bicycle rider injured Monday afternoon.

Police responded to the intersection of Buck Island Road and Higgins Crowell Road after the e-bike rider was struck and left injured in the roadway.

Witnesses reported a black pickup truck, possibly a Ford F150, leaving the area following the crash.

An officer was nearby and arrived in moments to provide immediate first aid to the rider who was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

Through the officer’s investigation, it was determined the electric bicycle rider was traveling on the correct side of the roadway and adhering to all rules of the road when he was struck.

The truck that struck the bicyclist stopped briefly but then continued traveling.

The rider was subsequently transported to Cape Cod Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The incident remains under investigation by the Yarmouth Police Department.

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