Crime & Safety

Woodstock Bicyclist Hit By Truck on East Cherokee Drive

The driver of the truck told authorities he thought he hit a mailbox when he swerved to the right to miss a vehicle driving in his lane.

A bicyclist riding along East Cherokee Drive Saturday night was injured when he was hit by a pick-up truck.

At around 9:36 p.m. on March 22, a 1999 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Woodstock resident Randall Reece Porter, 44, was traveling westbound on East Cherokee Drive approaching Ranchwood Trail when he told authorities he thought a vehicle traveling eastbound was moving into the westbound lane, Georgia State Patrol spokesperson Tracey Watson said. 

Porter swerved to the right, ran off the road and hit a bicyclist, Zachary Charles Hodgson, 24 of Woodstock, with his side mirror as he passed.  

Porter failed to stop and left the scene of an accident. About an hour later, Porter called Cherokee County E-911 to report he "thought he had hit a mailbox on East Cherokee Drive," Watson added. 

Porter has been charged with failure to maintain lane and hit and run/leaving the scene of an accident. 

Hodgson was transported by ambulance to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta where he was treated for his injuries.


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