HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police are searching for a driver who they said killed a bicyclist and ran from the scene Tuesday night.
The events unfolded at about 8 p.m., when the bicyclist was part of a Pride Ride event taking place along W. Dallas Street.
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The group was in one lane, when the victim lost control of his bike and started to tilt onto the next lane. That's when a driver in a silver Mercedes hit the cyclist. Police said the driver tried leaving the scene at a high rate of speed, when his tire ran over the cyclist again.
The cyclist, a white man in his 40s, was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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Cyclists in the group tried stopping the driver but were unable.
HPD said they are looking for the driver and for video evidence in order to get a license plate.