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Bicyclist badly injured by hit-and-run driver in Dade City

 
Published Sept. 21, 2014

DADE CITY — Authorities were searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck and badly injured a 56-year-old bicyclist Sunday morning.

Julio Vivo of Wesley Chapel was heading north on Bellamy Brothers Boulevard about 8:30 a.m. when a sport utility vehicle struck him, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Vivo suffered critical injuries and was taken to Tampa General Hospital.

Troopers said the SUV is red or burgundy and may have front-end damage.

Anyone with information on the driver is asked to call the Florida Highway Patrol at (813)631-4020.