SLO County motorcyclist badly injured in hit-and-run. Now CHP is looking for the driver
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A hit-and-run in Los Osos sent a motorcyclist in the hospital with major injuries Thursday evening, and now the CHP is searching for the driver.
At around 8:48 p.m., a person driving a 2004 Hyundai Elantra pulled out of a parking lot across Los Osos Valley Road west of Sunset Drive at an unknown speed, the CHP said in a news release.
A 35-year-old man was driving a motorcycle eastbound on Los Osos Valley Road at that same time.
The driver of the Hyundai “did not observe” the motorcyclist and traveled directly in front of him, CHP said. The front of the motorcycle collided with the left side of the Hyundai, the CHP said, ejecting the motorcyclist onto the roadway.
The driver of the Hyundai fled the scene westbound on Los Osos Valley Road “at a high rate of speed” prior to CHP’s arrival.
It is unknown whether drugs or alcohol were a factor at this time, the agency said.
The CHP asks anyone with information that could help with the investigation to call 805-594-8700.
“Any additional information will be of assistance,” the agency said.
