ATLANTA,None — A driver hit and dragged a scooter on a busy southwest Atlanta road early Thursday but didn’t stop to help, police said.
The crash happened on Metropolitan Parkway and Dill Avenue right outside the Capitol View Manor Housing community at about 2:30 a.m. Channel 2's Amanda Cook went to Grady Hospital, where doctors treated the rider. Police said he was in stable condition.
"It sounded like an explosion, but it wasn't. It was the contact of the car hitting the guy on the scooter," witness Greg Giles said.
Giles was working in the area overnight when he said the commotion made him jump. Police said the victim was hit by a late model Trans Am. They said he was thrown off his scooter, but the scooter got stuck under the car. Giles said the scooter caught on fire as it was being dragged.
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"I thought he was going to try to get out of the car, but he didn't. He backed up, got the scooter out from the car, which was on fire at the time, and then he took off," Giles said. "Even if it was an accident, there is no need for you to not stop and render aid to somebody you just struck with your vehicle. It's unacceptable.”
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