Traffic accident Bern police track down hit-and-run driver

The Bern cantonal police have identified a fleeing driver. He was involved in an accident with a bicycle in Safnern last week, as the police reported on Tuesday.

A cyclist was seriously injured in the accident. She was taken to hospital in a critical condition. The driver of the car had left the scene of the accident.

Now, after "intensive investigation work, he has been identified and stopped", the police wrote in a statement. The 27-year-old man confessed to having been driving the vehicle at the time in question. His car was seized. He will have to answer to the courts.

SDA