Man on bicycle dies after being struck by vehicle that fled scene in Talladega, police say [Video]

A man on a bicycle was killed after he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene early Friday morning in Talladega, police said.

Talladega officers were dispatched to the intersection of Stephen J. White Boulevard and North Street East around 4:58 a.m. Friday on a call of an injured person, the department said in a Friday afternoon Facebook post.

The victim, 37-year-old Talladega resident Pierre Tremayne Winston, was found at the scene along with a bicycle. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

Investigators determined Winston was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene of the wreck.

Winston’s body was taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery for an autopsy.

Anyone with information on the accident was asked to contact police investigators at 256-362-4508.