The impact with the car sent the woman flying off her bicycle and into a telephone pole, police said.
GRANBY - Town police are investigating a hit-and-run accident Friday night on East Street that left a 50-year-old bicyclist with serious injuries, police said.
Police were called to the area of 513 East St. at about 5:30 for a report of a bicyclist struck by a motor vehicle that then fled the scene.
The impact sent the woman flying off her bicycle and into a telephone pole, police said.
She was taken by Granby Ambulance to the hospital. Police did not disclose the hospital.
Witnesses described the vehicle as a tan-colored older Dodge or Chrysler minivan, possibly a model from 1990 through 1995. It was described as having black front and rear bumpers. It is also damaged on the passenger's side and is missing a side mirror.
It was last seen heading south on Route 202.
Anyone with information on the vehicle or its driver is asked to call the Granby Police at (413) 467-9222.
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