LAPORTE COUNTY, Ind. - The La Porte County Sheriff's Office is investigating a hit and run that happened Saturday morning on State Road 2.

According to police, 56-year-old Gregory Thompson, from New Carlisle, was hit while riding his bike traveling east on SR 2 just before 7:30 a.m..

Thompson was taken to Memorial Hospital in South Bend in critical condition.

According to police, witnesses described the vehicle that struck Thompson as a green truck. 

Investigators are asking anyone with information about this incident to call the sheriff's office at (219) 326-7700.