Mississippi
Man jailed after hit-and-run crash kills Mississippi cyclist
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi authorities have charged a driver in a hit-and-run collision that killed a bicyclist.
A 58-year-old man was charged Saturday with leaving the scene of a deadly accident in Tupelo, the Northeast Mississippi Day by day Journal reported.
Police responded Friday night time to calls of a critically injured man who later died at a hospital. Witnesses stated they noticed an SUV strike the person as he both rode or pushed a motorbike. They stated the SUV then fled the scene.
A person figuring out himself as the driving force turned himself in about an hour later, Tupelo police Maj. Chuck McDougald stated. A decide ordered the suspect jailed and set bond at $100,000.
Authorities haven’t launched the bike owner’s identify pending notification of family members.
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