Highway Patrol seeks vehicle that hit 12-year-old bike-rider - Macon County News (blog)
August Lusk of Cullowhee was riding his bike on Old Cullowhee Road in front of Carolina Village Apartments, where his father, Matthew Lusk, lives. A truck attempting to pass, struck the boy from behind, said Trooper Cory Hipp, who investigated the accident. Michelle McCall, who is the mother of Matthew Lusk’s girlfriend, Deanna McCall, lives with August’s family. She listed August’s injuries, which she says include a compound leg fracture, a nearly severed Achilles tendon, broken collarbone and shoulder, broken pelvis, fractured skull and broken facial bones, bleeding on the brain and contusions. According to witnesses, the truck struck August, backed up, then fled. Trooper Hipp said the Highway Patrol has estimated the truck was traveling at 65-70 mph in a 45 mph zone. The truck is described as an older model black Ford that suffered damage in the area of the right headlight. they were taken to Andy Shaw Ford where technicians identified them to likely belong to a 1980-86 Ford F-150 or Bronco. After riding for a few minutes, August went inside to get some water and use the bathroom, Michelle McCall said. She then went to the bathroom before she knew August had resumed riding the bike. Source: www.maconnews.com
