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Blue Springs, MO —
A Blue Springs man has been charged with assault after allegedly running down a bicyclist with his pickup Wednesday on Northwest Kingsridge Drive in Blue Springs.
Adam L. Myers, 20, is charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, according to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.
A Blue Springs police officer, Christie Hasch, was patrolling the neighborhoods near Northwest Candletree and Northwest Kingsridge about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when she witnessed a blue Ford pickup hit the bicycle and saw the victim thrown into the air, landing on the pavement and rolling several times.
She saw the pickup stop, but then take off again, dragging the bicycle along, since it was stuck beneath the front of the pickup.
Another officer soon found the bicycle and took Myers into custody.
The victim was taken to Centerpoint Medical Center with a head injury.
Witnesses told police they saw Myers swerve to deliberately hit the bicycle. Police reported that Myers first told them he was using his phone and was looking down when he hit the victim’s bike. But then he acknowledged that he had passed the victim, recognized him as someone he knew and turned around to come back and hit him, according to court documents.
A Blue Springs man has been charged with assault after allegedly running down a bicyclist with his pickup Wednesday on Northwest Kingsridge Drive in Blue Springs.
Adam L. Myers, 20, is charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident, according to the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.
A Blue Springs police officer, Christie Hasch, was patrolling the neighborhoods near Northwest Candletree and Northwest Kingsridge about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when she witnessed a blue Ford pickup hit the bicycle and saw the victim thrown into the air, landing on the pavement and rolling several times.
She saw the pickup stop, but then take off again, dragging the bicycle along, since it was stuck beneath the front of the pickup.
Another officer soon found the bicycle and took Myers into custody.
The victim was taken to Centerpoint Medical Center with a head injury.
Witnesses told police they saw Myers swerve to deliberately hit the bicycle. Police reported that Myers first told them he was using his phone and was looking down when he hit the victim’s bike. But then he acknowledged that he had passed the victim, recognized him as someone he knew and turned around to come back and hit him, according to court documents.
