A 70-year-old Eugene man was arrested Friday on suspicion of second-degree assault involving a hit-and-run accident between a vehicle and cyclist.

Just after 5:30 p.m. July 26, Eugene police responded to reports of a hit and run on the 1300 block of Polk Street, said Eugene Police Department spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin.

According to McLaughlin, three cyclists were traveling in the roadway when the suspect driving a Mazda sedan began yelling, honking the horn and accelerating behind the riders. Two of the riders pulled off to the side of the road, but the victim, a 41-year-old Eugene man, continued riding in front of the car, she said.

The victim stopped at a red light on 13th Avenue and Polk Street and the suspect pulled up to the right of the cyclist. There was a dispute between the two and the suspect then allegedly got out of his car and threatened the cyclist with a baton, McLaughlin said.

When the light turned green the suspect continued to drive behind the cyclist. The suspect then pulled into the opposite lane of travel, struck the cyclist with the passenger side of the car and left the scene, she said. The cyclist did not go to the hospital, she said.

McLaughlin said the suspect was later arrested at his home without incident.

The suspect is being held in the Lane County Jail under suspicion of menacing, reckless endangerment, unlawful use of a weapon and hit and run-vehicle injury, all felonies; and second-degree assault. Second-degree assault is a Measure 11 charge that requires a minimum sentence of five years and 10 months.