Crime & Safety

Teenager Hits Cyclist on Lumpkin Street

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A 47-year-old woman who lives on Jolly Lane was riding a bicycle northbound on the sidewalk on South Lumpkin Street around 7am Monday.

At the Gran Ellen Drive intersection, a 2002 Mercury Sable driven by Jace McColskey, 17, of Brockton Lane in Jefferson, jumped the curb and struck the cyclist from behind.

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McColskey fled the scene but was located a short time later at Prince Avenue and King Avenue. A traffic stop was initiated and McColskey was arrested and charged with Hit and Run, Reckless Driving, Lane Violation, Underage Consumption, and DUI.

The cyclist was transported to a local hospital.

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