Hit and run still under investigation

Authorities are still looking for a motorist involved in a hit and run that occurred west of Sidney on Hwy. 30 last week.

According to a Cheyenne County Sheriff’s accident report at 8:55 p.m. on Friday, July 22, a white 2003 Chevrolet pick-up truck driven by 60 year-old Edwin Bennet was traveling west bound on Hwy. 30 near mile marker 55 when it was clipped by a motorcycle approaching from behind him.

The report states that Bennet turned his blinker on, and slowed to make a turn. When the vehicle behind Bennet attempted to pass him by going around, it clipped the front end of Bennet’s truck.

According to the report, the driver of the second vehicle kept driving after hitting Bennet’s vehicle, leaving the scene before deputies had arrived.

Cheyenne County Sheriff John Jensen said, the vehicle that had struck Bennet’s was a dark colored motorcycle.

Jensen said the Sheriff’s office had a “few ideas” but have yet to find the motorist that left the scene.

According to the Sheriff’s report damages were estimated to be $1000.