The Dashcam video captures the Philadelphia hit-and-run involving cyclists

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) – Philadelphia police are working to track down a hit and run driver after the film caught an accident involving a cyclist.

“I said, ‘I was right there. I took it on board. “And she was like, ‘I don’t believe you.’ And she’s gone,” said Cam Pursel.

Pursel’s dashcam video caught a car and a bicycle on the Spring Garden bridge on Thursday morning, but the driver continued and left the cyclist on the ground.

“I was driving along the road and I see a guy on my side who overturns as the car passes by and I think it’s weird that he could have broken like a pile of bones,” Pursel said.

Pursel hit the gas and followed the driver on I-76, his dashcam still running. Finally, the woman behind the wheel stopped.

She says, “Hey, what’s going on? Why are you following me?” And I say, “You just hit someone. You should probably go back and see if I’m okay. ” And she says, “I didn’t hit anyone,” Pursel said.

Philadelphia police said the video clearly shows that the two came into contact, adding that the woman’s right mirror is pushed. Police also said that the cyclist is lucky to be alive.

“The driver may not have known right away, but if you look closely at that video, you see the driver almost stop before he reaches that ramp and then start again,” said Captain Mark Excessively. with the Philadelphia Police Accident Investigation Division.

That’s why cyclists like Joe Cox, a bicycle food delivery driver, have a bold sign on the bike for cars to be kept four meters away from him. If you drive a car in Pennsylvania and you want to ride a cyclist on the street, state law requires you to give them four feet.

The Bike Coalition of Greater Philadelphia told Action News that as the streets became empty due to the pandemic, speed increased, leading to an increase in the number of bicycle deaths in traffic in 2020.

“You have to be very aggressive and defensive on your bike in Philadelphia, because you don’t know how the driver will act,” Cox said.

Police said the cyclist must show up and report and hold the driver accountable.

Police said the cyclist was not doing anything wrong about where he was going because he was on a bike lane.