Raleigh Bicyclist Injured in Hit and Run
As reported by the Raleigh News and Observer,
Raleigh man was arrested Sunday after police said he hit a bicyclist with his car, yelled at the cyclist for wrecking his car, then drove off.
Lesley Covington, 35, of 852 Athens Drive, is facing one count of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of felony hit-and-run causing serious injury, according to an arrest warrant filed in the Wake County Magistrate’sOffice.
Raleigh police said in the warrant that Covington struck Pedro Lopez-Espinoza on Sunday while Lopez-Espinoza was riding his bike. Covington then got out of his vehicle, told the cyclist, “you wrecked my car,” and drove away, police said.
Covington was released from the Wake County jail Monday after posting $2,000 bail.
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