Hit-and-run accident in Long Grove leaves cyclist seriously injured

LONG GROVE, Illinois. – The Lake County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help after a 63-year-old bicyclist was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Long Grove.

The accident occurred around 4:10 p.m. Sunday on Route 53, west of Robert Parker Coffin Road.

Authorities said the Kildeer bicyclist was riding south on the shoulder of Route 53 when a gray pickup truck overtook a slower vehicle by driving onto the shoulder and into the grass. During the maneuver, the pickup truck struck the bicyclist and then fled south on Route 53.

The injured man was taken to Northwest Community Hospital with serious injuries, but was later transferred to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital as his condition worsened. His condition remains critical.

Investigators are asking anyone who was traveling on Route 53 between Route 83 and Lake Cook Road at the time and has dashboard camera footage to contact the Lake County Sheriff's Office to help identify the driver involved.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Lake County Sheriff's Office at (847) 377-4000.