Troopers investigate possible hit-and-run in Moore County
A man was flown to a hospital Sunday evening after being found laying in a roadway near Robbins in Moore County, troopers said.
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The accident happened on NC Highway 705 near Old Carthage Road around 6:00 p.m.
Initially dispatched to emergency responders as a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, emergency workers arrived to find an injured man lying in the middle of the roadway. According to investigators, it appeared the man had been riding a dirt bike and possibly had been hit by a vehicle.
The man, identified by a family member as Christopher Thomas, was taken by medical helicopter to the hospital where he later died, authorities said.
The incident remains under investigation.
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