FAIRFIELD, Wis. (WFRV) - A 61-year-old woman died Tuesday evening after being struck by an unlicensed driver in central Wisconsin, authorities said. According to the Sauk County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched shortly before 5:15 p.m. on Oct. 8 to a hit-and-run crash involving an SUV and a bicyclist on Levee Road near North Hein Road in the township of Fairfield. Wisconsin man charged with allegedly filing false tax returns, facing up to nine years in prison Preliminary reports indicate that the bicyclist, identified as Christin M. Harding, 61, of Baraboo, was thrown into a ditch after being hit. The SUV continued east on Levee Road toward the Columbia County line. A second bicyclist called emergency services and began CPR. Deputies found the crash site on the south side of Levee Road, and paramedics attempted life-saving measures, but Harding was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities identified the suspect vehicle as a maroon 2003 Honda Pilot using witness descriptions and department resources. With assistance from the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, the vehicle and driver, identified as Taurean M. Johnson-Puttnam, 31, were located around 6:45 p.m. on Tritz Road in Columbia County. Johnson-Puttnam was arrested and booked into the Sauk County Jail on charges of hit and run involving death, homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, operating without a valid license and causing death, operating without insurance, and failure to notify police of an accident. Sheboygan PD identifies suspect vehicle in hit-and-run that significantly injured bicyclist As of the time of publication, Johnson-Puttnam had not been formally charged in the Wisconsin Circuit Court system. The incident remains under investigation.