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Bicyclist hit by box truck rushed to Ben Taub Hospital with fractured skull, crushed arm

Houston police say the driver of the truck left the scene without trying to help the victim.

HOUSTON — Police are searching for a box truck and its driver after a hit-and-run crash in southeast Houston. 

According to the Houston Police Department, the crash happened Friday in the 2800 block of Telephone Road just before 9 p.m. 

The victim, who was on a bicycle, was run over by the truck, police say, adding the driver kept going. 

The bicyclist was taken to Ben Taub Hospital with critical injuries. This person suffered a fractured skull and a crushed right arm, according to HPD Sgt. David Rose with the vehicular crimes division.

Witnesses at the scene say the crash was caught on surveillance video from a nearby business.

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The victim was taken to a hospital in the Texas Medical Center, rescuers were going CPR on that person when they left the scene.

Police describe the suspect vehicle as a white, 30-foot box truck with no markings on the side of it.  

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