Florida police arrest driver accused of hit and run on Canadian cyclist

Sixty-seven-year-old cyclist suffered serious brain injury after collision with truck

The collision occurred on Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, FLA. Source: Google

Florida authorities have arrested a motorist accused of running into a Nova Scotia man who was visiting Longboat Key, Florida on vacation earlier this month.

Michael MacCormick, 67, was cycling with his wife Brenda Ryan on April 2 in the Tampa Bay suburb when witnesses say that he was hit by a white pick-up truck that drove away from the scene. Ryan, cycling a few minutes behind her husband, found him bloodied and lying on the ground.

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