On June 21, 2008, a 23-year-old man was crossing the Northeast Creek Bridge on Lejeune Boulevard in Jacksonville, North Carolina, when he hit two bicyclists, causing one to fall over the bridge into Northeast Creek.

The vehicle then left the scene. A witness to the car accident followed the vehicle, and the driver was eventually caught by police.

One of the bicyclists walked to a nearby business to ask for help before being transported to an area hospital, where he was treated and released for injuries sustained in the bike accident. The body of the other bicyclist, an 18-year-old from Midway Park, North Carolina, was recovered from the creek.

A passenger in the car received a serious cut on his arm during the car accident.

Police filed charges against the driver of the car in the car accident. The man was charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless driving, driving while impaired (DWI) and three counts of hit-and-run. The driver of the car attempted to report his car stolen the morning after the fatal car accident.

His passenger was charged with two counts of fleeing the scene of an accident involving injury and death, failure to remain at the scene and not reporting the accident to authorities.

Source: Lindell Kay, “Hit-and-run driver kills cyclist,” ENCToday.com, June 23, 2008.