A blue minivan driver is wanted by police for allegedly mowing down a cyclist while fleeing a traffic stop in Harlem late Saturday night, according to the NYPD.
Officers tried a traffic stop of the van at West 152nd Street and Broadway around 10:45 p.m. The NYPD said the driver was being stopped for a traffic violation, but instead the van sped off.
A few blocks away, police said the minivan driver struck a man in his 30s riding a bicycle near West 155th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue.
The cyclist was picked up by medics and rushed to a Harlem hospital where he was ultimately pronounced dead.
Police said the driver did not stick around.
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