February 16, 2005
MemphisPolice need help with hit-and-run case
Memphis traffic police were looking Tuesday for a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run collision on Summer Avenue that critically injured a 61-year-old bicyclist Monday.
The vehicle is described as a 1992-1996 Ford F-Series pickup. The truck probably has noticeable damage to the right, front headlight, right front turn signal and right parking light, police said Tuesday. The truck's hood and front grill may also have damage.
About 6 a.m. Monday, Clinton Lee was bicycling east on Summer, west of Graham, when the truck hit him, throwing him from the bike. Lee was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis where he remained in critical condition Tuesday.
Anyone with information should call the Special Traffic Investigative Squad at 274-8106 or Crime Stoppers at 528-CASH.
I included this story because My Wife and I have been complaining ever since we moved here about the stupid redneck assholes trying to kill people with their trucks, usually Ford F-series trucks (in nearby Germantown they use SUVs for this instead, but it's essentially the same otherwise.) People who don't live here think we're crazy when we tell them about it. It just sounds too "Dukes of Hazard."
