Video surveillance footage helped police to identify and locate the suspect in this alleged hit-and-run incident.

By Jim Clark

The Cambridge Police Department has announced that it has identified the driver of a truck involved in a hit-and-run incident that seriously injured a Somerville resident, Dr. Geren Stone in late September of this year.

Stone reported that he was struck from behind by a man driving a truck on Webster St. in Cambridge while commuting on his bicycle to his job at Mass General Hospital on September 29.

The victim said that just prior to being struck, the driver of the vehicle honked his horn and shouted profanities and admonished him to “get off the road.” Stone was then reportedly struck by the vehicle and was knocked to the ground. He sustained light injuries, but had his wrist broken in the fall.

Several witnesses came to Stone’s aid, and their eyewitness testimony, in conjunction with surveillance video that recorded the incident, helped lead Cambridge police to the currently identified suspect.

In a statement provided to The Somerville Times, Dr. Stone said, “I am very thankful to the Cambridge and Somerville Police for all their efforts finding and identifying the suspect. It has been a community effort with The Somerville Times, Fox News, and other local media covering the story and providing the images, and the public helping the police locate the suspect. I hope that these efforts can continue to make the roads safer for all, whether bicyclist, motorist, or pedestrian.”

Police have not yet released the name of the suspect, but have said it is a man who resides in Medford. The suspect is being summonsed for charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury. A date for arraignment has yet to be set.