GoPro video captures moment educator clips cyclist in hit-and-run

[sarisataka]

GoPro video captures moment educator clips cyclist in hit-and-run

A video captured on a GoPro camera shows a car clipping a cyclist, sending him tumbling to the pavement, then leaving the scene on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Tennessee.

Marshall Grant Neely III, 58, of Franklin, Tennessee, was arrested after the crash, which occurred on Saturday, according to police, and faces several charges, including reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to immediately notify of an accident and failure to render aid.

Neely was booked into the Williamson County Detention Center in Tennessee, and officials said that he may face additional charges, possibly including federal ones, in the days ahead.

He was released on $11,500 bond and has a court date scheduled for July 20. Calls to Neely from ABC News on Sunday afternoon were not immediately returned.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/gopro-video-captures-moment-educator-clips-cyclist-hit/story?id=48534427

Video at link

[BeyondGeography]

1. He just rammed him

Bastard.

[Adrahil]

2. Day-um!

I once accidentally clipped a biker with my fender. This was no accident.

[hatrack]

3. "Clipped"? Cyclist is lucky to be alive after that asshole hit him . . .

.

[Lars39]

4. The Parkway is pretty curvy...usually can't go over 35 or 40 safely.

On a pretty day it is just covered with cyclists. No way the driver didn't see him.

[secondwind]

5. What the....??

[brush]

6. It looks like the driver did that intentionally

I have to say though, if I'm riding a bike I stay to side of the road. The cyclist was riding in the middle of the lane.

Why put yourself in harm's way like that?

[customerserviceguy]

7. Federal charges?

On what basis? That bicyclists are always superior to anybody else on the road, no matter what?

I stopped riding my motorcycle thirty years ago when I realized that drivers couldn't "see" me. Nowadays, they don't even see other cars because of the distractions of cell phones. Riding a bike on a road that is driven by motorized vehicles is really putting your life at risk these days.

I'm glad the cyclist was not seriously hurt. But with these SUV's being so massive, I can believe that the driver didn't know what happened. It's a matter of the overly protected meeting up with the severely underprotected.

[Spider Jerusalem]

8. Not federal, local

"In Tennessee, a bicycle has the legal status of a vehicle. This means that bicyclists have full rights and responsibilities on the roadway and are subject to the regulations governing the operation of a motor vehicle."

https://www.tn.gov/tdot/article/bikeped-bikelaws

And on the basis that he struck someone and drove off? Same charges he'd get if he rear-ended a car and left the scene.

[customerserviceguy]

9. Did you see this line in the OP?

"Neely was booked into the Williamson County Detention Center in Tennessee, and officials said that he may face additional charges, possibly including federal ones, in the days ahead."

While I fully expect the state to act in this instance, I don't see how it is in any way a Federal matter.

[NutmegYankee]

10. He was hit on U.S. National Park Service administered property.

As such, Federal law enforcement may press charges.

[customerserviceguy]

12. Ok, that makes sense

I was not aware that it was National Park Service property. On the other hand, it is not some kind of double jeopardy to be charged for the same offense on both state and federal law?

[NobodyHere]

11. Glad there's video