UPDATED STORY: Police locate pickup driver in bicycle hit-and-run
SEAFORD, DELAWARE (10/16/2015) A 17-year-old was critically injured Thursday when his bicycle was struck by a vehicle west of Seaford, the Delaware State Police said this morning.
The accident happened about 7 p.m. on Woodpecker Road.
Police said Melleca D. Butler Jr., of Seaford, was southbound approaching Old Carriage Road when he was struck from behind by an unknown vehicle, possibly a General Motors SUV, that fled.
Butler was ejected from the bike and landed on the ground in a cornfield west of the roadway.
A passerby saw a bicycle tire and shoe in the road and saw Butler when he stopped to check the area.
Butler was flown to Christiana Hospital in Stanton by state police helicopter.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 302-337-1090.
Tips also may be submitted anonymously through Delaware Crime Stoppers, which offers rewards, at 800-847-3333 or www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com.