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Ottawa police have asked for the public’s help in finding the driver responsible for a fatal hit-and-run on Leitrim Road early Sunday morning, when the streets were all but empty.

A male cyclist was struck and killed by a vehicle at about 5:45 a.m. on Leitrim Road, west of Albion Road.

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Ottawa paramedics responded to the emergency call after local residents reported hearing what sounded like a crash.

The cyclist, a man believed to be in his 30s, was found lying at the side of the road. He had suffered “extensive traumatic injuries” and was in cardiac arrest, paramedics said.

Paramedics tried to resuscitate the man, but he was pronounced dead at The Ottawa Hospital Trauma Unit.

No vehicle was found at the scene of the incident. A green bicycle was left bent and twisted on the shoulder of the road.

Leitrim Road, between Albion and Gilligan roads, was closed in both directions Sunday morning while police investigated. It has since reopened.