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NYPD: Search on for hit-and-run driver after cyclist killed in the Bronx

NEW YORK -- Police are searching for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run in the Bronx.

Investigators say the driver of a white Jeep Grand Cherokee hit a cyclist in the intersection of Metcalf Avenue and East 172nd Street in the Soundview section of the borough just before 3 p.m. on Sunday.

The cyclist was ejected from the bike and died at the hospital.

One witness described the horrible crash.

"Look at the bike, spattered him under the car. I ain't never seen trauma like that in my life and I used to work in hospitals," Marc Crawford said.

Other witnesses told police the driver got out of the SUV with a baby, hopped into another car and drove off.

Police said the SUV was stolen.

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