OLDTOWN — Police are seeking a light-colored pickup in connection with a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a motorist early Saturday on state Route 51.
The Allegany County Sheriff’s Office said the hit and run followed an initial crash that involved a driver rolling a vehicle near Lower Town Creek Road around 3:30 a.m. As the driver was being assisted by other motorists, the truck drove through the crash scene and struck him, causing serious injury.
The pickup fled south on Route 51, deputies said.
The injured driver was flown by Trooper 5, a Maryland State Police medevac, to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and was in critical condition, deputies said.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 301-777-1585.
Route 51 was closed for about two hours.
Allegany County Department of Emergency Services, Oldtown, District 16 and LaVale firefighters, a Cumberland Fire Department ambulance, Allegany County Fire Police and the Maryland State Highway Administration assisted at the scene.