Deputies searching for hit-and-run driver who killed cyclist in west Harris Co.

The Sherriff's deputies are now looking for a driver who they believed hit and killed a woman bicyclist and then drove off.

Authorities responded to reports of a hit-and-run crash on Elrod near Franz Road Tuesday morning.

Deputies say a woman was a riding a bike around midnight when a driver struck her from behind then drove off.

The woman, who's in her late 30s, died at the scene.

Investigators say the driver was possibly in a dark colored SUV.