Legally blind driver charged with hitting homeless woman in Fayetteville
A legally blind driver hit a pedestrian Wednesday on Grove Street and then drove away, according to arrest documents in the Cumberland County Magistrate's Office.
Posted — UpdatedSeveral witnesses told Fayetteville police officers that the driver kept going.
Dyson was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center to be treated for head trauma and unknown internal injuries, documents said. An update on her condition was not available.
Officers located the vehicle near Mann’s home about three miles from where the pedestrian was struck. The passenger side of the windshield was shattered, documents said.
He told the officers he drove away because he doesn’t have a driver’s license and he was scared, according to the documents.
Bail was set at $5,000.
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