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A motorist fled after striking a cyclist on Bronson Avenue late Monday night, but turned himself in at the police station hours later.

The cyclist was struck on southbound Bronson Avenue at Colonel By Drive at 11:13 p.m.

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Paramedics said that the cyclist, a 24-year-old man, suffered a head injury and a fractured femur and was in serious but stable condition on arrival at the trauma centre.

Nevertheless, police said the man was conscious and able to help police with a statement while at the hospital.

A man turned himself in at 1:30 a.m. at 474 Elgin St., police headquarters.

Southbound Bronson Avenue was closed until about 1:45 a.m.

Loyan Mukhtar Eid, 26, of Ottawa, has been charged with failing to stop at the scene of an accident and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.