Bicyclist Elijah Houpe, 19, of Statesville is in critical condition at Charlotte Medical Center after a hit-and-run crash Friday morning at 4am. Statesville police are looking for a dark colored Jeep Wrangler with significant front-end damage. The crime occurred on North Pointe Blvd near Aldi’s in Statesville, NC. If you have any info call SPD at (704) 878-3406.
August 7, 2011. 9am. Justin, a bicyclist, visiting from Atlanta, was struck on Queens Rd. He doesn’t remember the crash or exactly where on Queens Rd. he was struck. (the pushpin is approximate). Justin races regularly and has a ton of riding experience. It would be safe to assume that there was a motorist involved in this crash. Motorists leaving the scene of bicycle crashes are commonplace in Charlotte now. Justin was taken to CMC with obvious injuries that required stitches. I wish Justin a full and speedy recovery.
If you know anything about this Sunday morning crash on Queens Rd on August 7th, please call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600. Read more »
August 3, 2011. At 2AM a driver struck 20 year old Albert Avendano and fled the scene. Avendano was taken to CMC with serious injuries. The crime occurred on Sam Wilson Rd. Police are looking for a white Ford F-150 with an extended bed; a late 1990s model with damage to the right-front side, including a possible broken headlight. According to a witness, the driver stopped for two seconds, then left the scene.
I wish Albert a full and speedy recovery.
July 31, 2011. Bicyclist Joe Lee McCullough, 50, of Rock Hill was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The crash occurred at 6:30 PM Heckle Blvd. near Old Pointe Elementary School. Witnesses helped York County deputies arrest Timothy Hollis, 26, of Clover, two miles from the crash. Hollis was charged with felony Driving Under the Influence and leaving the scene of an accident.
Hollis’ bail was set at $300,000. He pled guilty in May to two drug charges and was given a five-year suspended sentence. He is currently on probation.
This is the same road where bicyclist Larry Godfrey was killed.
An online news commenter claiming to be McCollough’s niece wrote that McCollough was riding to work at the time of the accident. The niece, friends and family of Joe McCullough have my most sincere condolences.
July 9, 2011. Charlotte cycling icon, Pip, was hit in the rear wheel by a driver that did not stop. She received minor injuries. If you witnessed the crash, please call Charlotte Police Dept (non-emergency number is 311). I’ll update the map if I get the exact location.
I wish Pip a speedy recovery!
July, 2011. Earlier this week, Jim D. was struck by a car that did not stop. Jim received serious, but non life-threatening injuries. If you witnessed the crash, please call Charlotte Police Dept (non emergency number is 311). I wish Jim a full and speedy recovery. I will update the crash map if I get any details regarding the location.
Thanks to Jeff V. (#fb) for the tip.
Eric Trent Miller was charged with felony hit and run, DWI, failure to stop, and felony serious injury by vehicle.
July 7, 2011. Driver Eric Trent Miller, 42, fled the scene after a collision with bicyclist Bryan Lambe. The crash occurred at 9pm on Thursday night on Wilkinson Blvd at Highland Street. The bicyclist, an off-duty CMPD officer, was taken to CMC with serious injuries. A witness provided the license plate and the Miller was found and arrested within the hour. Miller was charged with felony hit and run, DWI, failure to stop, and felony serious injury by vehicle.
I wish the officer a full and speedy recovery.
May 1, 2011. Edward Carl Hedrick III was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The crash occurred just before sunrise at 6am under the tree canopy of Poindexter Drive near Lawndale. Please help police find the driver and his silver or light-blue Tercel or Corolla – likely with minor damage to the front end and undercarriage. Carl was riding in a small group when he fell off his bike. The driver hit Carl as he lay in the road and fled the scene.
Carl's ghost bike
As usual for cases involving a fatality, no crash report was published by CMPD.
While the Observer claimed Carl was from Charlotte, word from his new friends is that Carl was a bike messenger visiting from Brooklyn, NY.
Carl's Ghost Bike
Poindexter is a neighborhood street with a 25 mph speed limit and speed bumps. The driver was heading north to South Blvd. Using Poindexter as a cut-through to South Blvd has good access to I-77 South via Remount Rd (only I-77 South.). I hope security cameras from the ATM or the Shell station provide clues.
Carl’s friends and family have my most sincere condolences, including his new friends present at the crash.
A driver assaulted a cyclist after near-miss in Gastonia. I would like to encourage every cyclist to report such incidents to the police. And if you know the driver of black Chevrolet, turn him in.
This is directly from Nicole Smith in the Charlotte Observer.
CLOVER A Gastonia, N.C., man says a driver attacked him while he was riding a bike near Ridge and Love roads in Clover on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old bicyclist was riding north about 7 p.m. when someone in a black Chevy drove by extremely close, according to a York County Sheriff’s Office report. The man said he put his hands up to show dismay, which prompted the driver to slam on his brakes and get out.
The suspect began to yell and told the biker he was “tired of dealing with people like you,” and he had almost caused him to wreck, the report states.
The suspect then kicked the man in the thigh and tried to punch him, but missed. He then drove away.
Another rider who was nearby confirmed the attack, according to the report.
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