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North Carolina Cyclist Killed In Hit-And-Run

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Dudek Law Firm

North Carolina Police apprehended the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run bicycle accident that occurred on November 1, according to The Davidson County Dispatch.  The suspect, 20-year-old Kenneth Reece Wright Jr. of Thomasville, North Carolina, turned himself into police voluntarily.  He struck a cyclist on Old N.C. Highway 109 and fled. Authorities charged Wright with felony hit-and-run resulting in death, not displaying his registration plate, driving without an inspection, driving without insurance and failing to report an accident.  He is currently held on $100,000 bail. Police found Wright’s vehicle the day after the accident.  Wright turned himself in two hours later. “The Investigation is still ongoing,” said Trooper T.L. Gillispie. The victim was 45-year-old Richard Clay Wise.  He was thrown off his bike and into a ditch and pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.  Friends of Wise say that he was disabled after an accident he suffered as a child and…
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Young Boy Critically Injured In Bicycle Accident

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Dudek Law Firm

A young boy in Texas was rushed to the hospital after a bicycle accident in Fort Bend County after a car struck him, according to ABC News 13.  Authorities and news sources did not identify the boy; conflicting reports suggest he is 12 or 13 years old. A white Lincoln sedan hit the boy while he crossed at an intersection on Highway 99, according to Department of Public Safety Trooper Devon Wiles.  The boy was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital. The authorities did not disclose his injuries.  The driver stayed on the scene and cooperated with police. The boy was wearing a bicycle helmet, according to officials, but he did not have reflectors on his bike and was not in a crosswalk.  Police did not issue any citations to the driver.  Authorities are still investigating, but said the boy may face charges for crossing a highway outside of a crosswalk….
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Cyclist Thankful After Being Saved By Good Samaritans

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dudek Law Firm

A bicyclist in Utah is thankful for the people who came to his rescue, referring to them as heroes.  23-year-old Paul Heaton, a student at the University of Utah, was just released from the hospital in late October.  Heaton was pinned underneath a car before good Samaritans lifted it off him.  He said he misjudged the speed of the oncoming car and forgave the driver. “I understand.  Things happen, man.  It’s OK.  I forgive him,” says Heaton, who served for the National Guard in Iraq.  “It’s an accident.  Accidents happen.” He still is healing—his right elbow is shattered, his left forearm is fractured and his shoulder and other elbow are severely injured.  His bicycle helmet prevented a major brain injury—or possibly saved his life.  Another thing that possibly saved his life was the help of the strangers.  When they approached him as he was pinned under the car he told…
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