Fatal hit-and-run under investigation

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Authorities continue to investigate a recent fatal hit-and-run accident in Muscatine County.

On Aug. 12 at around 4:51 a.m., Devin Estabrook, 49, of Letts was riding a bicycle on Highway 61 northbound at the 84-mile marker just east of 41st Street. According to a report from the Iowa State Patrol, an unidentified vehicle was traveling northbound on Highway 61 just east of 41st Street. Estabrook was riding his bike northbound as well, “in between the rumble strips and fog line,” according to the report.

The vehicle collided with Estabrook and continued on without stopping. The cyclist went over the handlebars and came to rest on the gravel shoulder.

Estabrook was transported by air care to a hospital where he later died.

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