Bicyclist dies after hit-and-run crash in Barrington Hills

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A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash Friday morning in northwest suburban Barrington Hills.

Officers responding to a call of a crash at 10:01 a.m. found a damaged bicycle on the shoulder of the roadway near Illinois Route 59, south of Illinois Route 68, according to a statement from the Barrington Hills police. The biker, a 28-year-old Schiller Park man, had been thrown several feet and was found unresponsive.

The vehicle that hit the man and drove off was either a dark-colored Toyota Tundra or 2010 Toyota Sequoia, police said.

The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information was asked to call police at (847) 551-3006.

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