2 Bicyclists Hurt In Hit-And-Run Crashes

by B' Spokes
Friday, July 15 2011 @ 10:34 AM GMT

[B' Spokes: If you see a car with front end damage roughly matching the descriptions below, get the tag number and report it to the police.]
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Update: <a href="http://glenburnie.patch.com/articles/police-seek-driver-of-sedan-that-hit-bicyclist-in-brooklyn-park">http://glenburnie.patch.com/articles/police-seek-driver-of-sedan-that-hit-bicyclist-in-brooklyn-park</a>;
Alex Hernandez, 25, of Baltimore City died from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run accident
Police believe the car struck the left side of the bicyclist and may have caused damage to the front of the vehicle in the area of the headlamp hood, windshield and mirror on the passenger side.
The suspected driver of the vehicle was described as being a black woman wearing pink medical scrubs, according to police.
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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, Md. -- A pair of unrelated crashes in Anne Arundel County sent two bicyclists to Shock Trauma.

In Glen Burnie, Marco A. Garcia, 41, was hit by a truck on Crain Highway near Georgia Avenue just after 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Police said Garcia was riding his bicycle legally in the northbound lanes when he was struck by possibly a gray Chevrolet or Saturn sedan.

The driver, who police said sped off, was described vaguely as a white man with a beard, who was last seen wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a baseball cap.

Garcia was taken to Shock Trauma, where he was listed in critical condition.

About 20 minutes later, Alex Canales Hernandez, 25, of Baltimore, was hit in the 5800 block of Ritchie Highway near Cedar Hill Cemetery.

Police said Hernandez was riding in the northbound lanes when he was struck by a sedan, possibly a Hyundai. Police said a woman driving the car stopped, got out briefly and got back in her car and fled the scene.

Hernandez was also taken to Shock Trauma, where he was listed in critical condition.

There was no indication that Thursday's incidents were related, according to investigators. Police said both victims suffered life-threatening injuries.

If you have any information regarding these continuing investigations, you are asked to call the Anne Arundel County Police Department's Traffic Safety Section at 410-222-8573 or Police Communications at 410-222-8610.