American Cycling Group Seek Answers to Hit and Run Incident
August 22nd, 2012
A group of cyclists in America are seeking answers after one of their members was involved in a hit-and-run accident.
According to reports, a woman driver hit a member of the Estero Flatlanders Cycling Group and then failed to stop at the scene.
A number of the riders managed to get a description of the car and part of the registration plate, however only one eye-witness was questioned by the police.
A group of cyclists in America are seeking answers after one of their members was involved in a hit-and-run accident.
According to reports, a woman driver hit a member of the Estero Flatlanders Cycling Group and then failed to stop at the scene.
A number of the riders managed to get a description of the car and part of the registration plate, however only one eye-witness was questioned by the police.
The cyclists now want to know why more wasn’t done to punish the driver.
“All of a sudden I’m on the hood of the car,” said the cycling accident victim.
“I’m lucky to be alive to fight this now because if I was dead, this lady would be off with just a citation.”
The Sheriff’s report says that the 70-year-old driver hit the cyclist who rolled on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the floor. The driver then sped off.
A spokesperson from the Naples Pathway coalition said, “We don’t understand why this driver would hit a cyclist, know she hit a cyclist and leave the scene of the crash and the only thing that happens to her is a summons to appear in court about leaving the scene of the crash.
“She should have been arrested,”
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