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Police: Stolen vehicle used in hit-and-run collision that injured 2

Updated  July 26, 2019 5:19pm EDT
Philadelphia
FOX 29 Philadelphia

Stolen vehicle used in hit-and-run collision that injured 2

FOX 29's Bruce Gordon has more on a hit-and-run crash involving a stolen car.

OLNEY - Police say a stolen vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run crash Thursday night that left a bicyclist and another driver hospitalized.

According to investigators a 2015 Jeep Compass was traveling on the eastbound side of Roosevelt Boulevard around 10 p.m. when vehicle plowed into a 50-year-old man biking across the crosswalk. The striking vehicle then clipped the front end of a silver BMW driven by a 48-year-old man.

Police say the driver of the Jeep fled the scene on foot.

The bicyclist and the driver of the BMW were sent to area hospitals. Both men are expected to recover from their injuries.

Detectives say the stolen Jeep was driven by an unknown black man with dreadlock wearing a white shirt.

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