Two other people went to a hospital themselves, city spokeswoman Grace Payne said, and one of the severely injured was later flown by medical helicopter to a Phoenix-area hospital. Police said a Ford pickup truck struck the bicyclists about a.
Officers pursued the driver and tried to stop him before he was shot, authorities said. Payne said the driver did not comply when officers tried to arrest him, but the circumstances of the shooting were not immediately released. Neither were the identities of the suspect and victims. Main Menu U. Television reports showed dozens of damaged bicycles as well as the car's smashed front end and shattered windshield. The year-old woman was booked for investigation of drunken driving.
Her name was not immediately released. The bikers belonged to "Midnight Ridazz," a Koreatown bicycling group that gets together for weekly midnight rides. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.
The Waller County district attorney said his office had filed six charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against the driver, one for each biker hit by the truck, the culmination of a weeks-long investigation into the incident. The driver voluntary surrendered and will remain in custody until a juvenile court decision.
On Sept. Chase Ferrell, one of the cyclists who was behind the injured group, told Chron that the driver got out of the vehicle at the time and asked if he was going to go to jail. Police arrived and let the teen go home without any citations, prompting an uproar from the Houston-area cycling community, The Washington Post noted. The year-old driver appeared to have been trying to "roll coal" on a group of eight cyclists training for the Ironman Triathlon, according to fellow cyclist Chase Ferrell.
0コメント