The driver of a pickup truck hit a group of cyclists at a bicycle race in Show Low, Ariz., on Saturday, seriously injuring seven people before the driver fled and was shot by the police, the authorities said.
The driver of the truck, a black Ford Super Duty, struck the bicyclists during Bike the Bluff, a benefit race, at about 7:25 a.m. local time, the police said.
Officers tried to stop the driver, which “ultimately led to the suspect being shot,” about a mile and a half away, Navajo County Emergency Management and Preparedness said in a statement.
The driver, a 35-year-old man who the authorities said lived in the area, was in stable condition on Sunday morning, the agency said.
Seven people were taken to four hospitals in Arizona and New Mexico. Six were in critical condition and one was in stable condition, the police said on Sunday. One of the injured cyclists was flown to a hospital from the crash scene. Two or three of the victims walked into the hospital, the police said.