GREAT BEND- Law enforcement authorities in Barton County are investigating a hit and run bicycle accident.

Police say just before 7p.m. on October 28, officers and Emergency Medical staff responded to the 1400 block of 10th Street in Great Bend after a report of a man lying in the road.

The victim, identified as Eliesel Cartagena, 38, Great Bend, was lying in the roadway, unconscious.

Officers determined that Mr. Cartagena had apparently been riding a bicycle and a vehicle, which left the scene, struck him.

Cartagena was transported to the Great Bend Regional Hospital and then flown to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita for injuries sustained in this accident.

Police Officers have located a vehicle allegedly involved in the accident, but will not be releasing further details at this time so as to not compromise the ongoing investigation.