Esteban Parra

The News Journal

A bicyclist was killed by a hit-and-run vehicle Friday night in Hockessin, New Castle County police said.

Phillip A. Bishop, 27, of Stuyvesant Drive in the Stuyvesant Hills community in Hockessin was found on Brackenville Road by a passerby at about 8:45 p.m. Friday, Sgt. Jacob Andrews said.

By the time officers arrived, Bishop was unresponsive and Andrews said he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bishop is the 87th traffic death and the second cyclist fatality in Delaware this year, according to state data.

A preliminary investigation indicates that Bishop was riding his bicycle southbound on Brackenville Road, north of Horseshoe Hill Road. He was wearing his helmet with a head lamp, flash light and rear flashing red marker light on his bicycle. Evidence found at the scene indicates that an Audi A4 or S4, possibly a 2002-2004 model, black in color, was northbound on Brackenville Road, and struck the victim on his bicycle, Andrews said.

Police closed Brackenville Road from Old Wilmington Road to Barley Mill Road for several hours as they investigated the incident. The investigation is ongoing.

Police ask anyone with information related to this incident to call the New Castle County Police Department at (302) 573-2800. Tips can be given online at www.nccpd.com.

Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com or Twitter @eparra3.