OPP identifies victim of fatal Middlesex County hit-and-run, seeks suspect – London
Middlesex County OPP have recognized the sufferer of a deadly hit and run that occurred earlier this week within the Ontario Municipality of Adelaide-Metcalfe.
Police say round 9:15 p.m. Monday, a bicycle owner was travelling on Calvert Drive after they have been struck by a automobile.
The bicycle owner was reportedly thrown from their bicycle and pronounced useless on the scene, police say.
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OPP have recognized the deceased as 45-year-old Johannes Francis Smolders of Strathroy, Ont.
The crash brought on harm to the automobile’s entrance passenger facet nook and headlight meeting.
The automobile concerned within the incident failed to stay on the scene of the collision, police say.
The suspect automobile is described as both a Dodge Dakota pickup truck between the years of 1997 and 2004 or a Dodge Durango SUV between the years of 1998 and 2003.
The OPP are asking automotive restore retailers and scrap yards to contact police if a automobile matching the outline was not too long ago repaired or if components have been offered for a passenger-side headlight meeting.
Anybody with data is requested to name the Middlesex County OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or London Elgin Middlesex Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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