WEST VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A man has turned himself in to police after a hit and run incident involving a cyclist in West Vancouver at the weekend.

Home security footage shared by the West Vancouver police department showed a cyclist being run over by a black pickup truck about 8:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of Bellevue Avenue.

Police now say a 47-year-old man attended the West Vancouver Police Department headquarters with a lawyer on Monday afternoon. He provided a voluntary statement to investigators and was arrested. Police have seized a vehicle. The West Vancouver man has been released but will appear in court on July 19th.

Investigators will recommend a criminal charge of Failure To Stop At Scene Of An Accident. Additional charge recommendations are possible.

Earlier, Cst. Jeff Palmer said police had been investigating the possibility this was the result of road rage.

“It’s possible there was some conflict earlier, further to the east, between the suspect vehicle and the cyclist,” he says.

The cyclist, a 48-year-old from West Vancouver, was rushed to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

“Fortunately the injuries aren’t life-threatening, but they could very well be life-changing for this cyclist, who suffered a number of fractures, including rib fractures and a possible head injury,” Palmer says.

The bicycle was also left mangled by the crash.

“It’s more or less crushed, and there was a human being on that bicycle at the time of this impact. So really, just a horrible potential for an even worse outcome than we already have.