{"id":53391,"date":"2014-07-08T21:15:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T04:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=53391"},"modified":"2014-07-16T08:04:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T15:04:50","slug":"bicyclist-hit-driver-charged-with-leaving-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/07\/08\/bicyclist-hit-driver-charged-with-leaving-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicyclist hit, driver charged with leaving scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deputies caught up to the Dodge Durango about three miles away from the collision scene, and 43-year-old Lancaster resident Towana Byers was arrested on suspicion of hit and run around 6:51 p.m. Sunday, July 6. (Photo by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LANCASTER \u2013 A 43-year-old driver who allegedly collided with a bicyclist and then drove away is facing a felony charge in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n

Towana Byers<\/strong> was charged Tuesday with one count of leaving the scene of an injury accident,\u00a0according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

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The bicyclist, whose hair was stuck on the Durango’s windshield, was transported to a local hospital for treatment. (LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sheriff\u2019s officials have released little details about the collision, which occurred Sunday evening\u00a0 (July 6) near 3rd<\/sup> Street East and Avenue I in Lancaster. However, the collision was witnessed by several bystanders at the 7-Eleven convenience store on the corner.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said a bicyclist crossing Avenue I collided with a white Dodge Durango headed westbound on Avenue I at a high rate of speed. The bicyclist rolled onto the hood of the SUV, smashed the windshield, bounced off the roof and landed on the street; but the SUV driver kept going, the witnesses said.<\/p>\n

A Good Samaritan followed the Durango through a nearby residential neighborhood and directed deputies to the Durango\u2019s location, according to a Lancaster Sherrif\u2019s Station crime broadcast.<\/p>\n

Deputies caught up to the Durango near 5th<\/sup> Street East and Avenue H-14, about three miles away from the collision scene. Byers was arrested around 6:51 p.m. Sunday, and she has remained jailed since her arrest, according to Lancaster Station jail records.<\/p>\n

The injured bicyclist was transported to a local hospital. His name and the extent of his injuries have not been released.<\/p>\n

UPDATED<\/span>: Byers has been released from jail on bond, according to LASD inmate records.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LANCASTER \u2013 A 43-year-old driver who allegedly collided with a bicyclist and then drove away is facing a felony charge in connection with the incident. Towana Byers was charged Tuesday with one count of leaving the scene of an injury accident,\u00a0according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s office. Sheriff\u2019s officials have released […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":53395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}