LEXINGTON, KY —** A 59-year-old cyclist was killed in a tragic hit-and-run late Saturday night, leaving behind a community searching for answers and a family grieving an unimaginable loss. **Jose Luis Hernandez Sosa** was struck by a vehicle around **11 p.m.** near the intersection of **Georgetown Street and Price Road**, just north of New Circle Road.
When officers and emergency crews arrived, they found Sosa lying in the roadway with catastrophic injuries. Despite immediate medical efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene. The **Fayette County Coroner’s Office** later determined that Sosa died from **multiple blunt force trauma**, injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle at significant speed.
The driver responsible for the crash never stopped. According to the **Lexington Police Department**, the motorist fled the area, leaving no immediate witnesses to the collision. Investigators from the department’s **Collision Reconstruction Unit** are now leading the case, meticulously reviewing **surveillance footage** from nearby businesses and homes in hopes of identifying the vehicle involved.
They are also analyzing debris and other physical evidence collected from the roadway.Police have urged anyone with information about the crash to come forward, emphasizing that even small details—such as sightings of damaged vehicles or unusual activity in the area that night—could prove crucial to the investigation.
Sosa’s death has left friends and neighbors devastated. Known in his community as a hardworking and kind man, he often used his bicycle as his main means of transportation. Now, his family is left to mourn a life taken too soon by an act of negligence and cowardice.As investigators continue their search for the hit-and-run driver, police say justice for **Jose Luis Hernandez Sosa** remains their top priority.
