The Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of a vehicle who struck a man on his bicycle on Highway 38 near Hamlet.

William Edward Griffin, 53, Baltimore Drive, Hamlet, was traveling southbound on Highway 38 on Sept. 2 around 8:15 p.m. when the driver of an unknown vehicle hit him. Following the impact he was slung off his bicycle and slammed into the metal guardrail adjacent to the road, according to reports.

“When I got there, we had nothing that we could go on,” said Trooper E.N. Bass. “At this time, it’s still unknown who did it.”

Griffin was transported for Sandhills Regional Medical Center in Hamlet where according to a family member, he was still in a medically induced coma and on life support as of last weekend. Currently, the doctors are most worried about the internal bruising and possible lacerated liver he suffered during the accident.

According to Bass, Griffin also suffered multiple broken bones.

There were two witnesses to the accident but no one has been charged, according to Highway Patrol reports.

“Best thing right now is for them to come forward or someone who knew about it to come forward,” Bass said.

Other accidents reported by the North Carolina Highway Patrol include:

n On Sept. 1 at 8:02 a.m. near Richmond Senior High, Alieen Moore Wiggins, 69, Wiggins Road, Rockingham and Steven Alexander Coulthard, 17, Country Home Road, Hamlet, were involved in an accident after Coulthard passed in a no passing zone and Wiggins failed to yield at a stop sign. The two cars collided in the southbound lane, according to reports.

Both were taken to FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital for injuries.

Coulthard was cited with improper passing and Wiggins was cited with failure to yield to right of way.

Damage to Coulthard’s 1997 GMC is estimated at $2,000 and Wiggins’ 1994 dodge is $3,500.

n On Sept. 3 at 4:21 p.m. on Highway 38, Ramona Kindell Quick, 45, Hopkins Road, Rockingham, was involved in an accident after she veered off the right shoulder and collided with a road sign. She told troopers she swerved to avoid a head-on collision with another vehicle, according to reports from the Highway Patrol.

Damage to her 1998 Toyota was estimated at $950.

n On Sept. 2 at 12:41 p.m. on Ellerbe Grove Church Road, Antonio Lorenz Johnson, 16, Tulip Circle, Rockingham and Marie Bridges Durant, 45, Wilmington Street, Hamlet, were involved in an accident after Johnson side-swiped Durant’s vehicle after turning left onto the shoulder. Durant and Johnson left the scene and Johnson reported the accident the following day.

Johnson was cited with failure to register and Durant was cited with hit and run.

Damage to Durant’s 1987 Honda was $900.