A 76-year-old North Carolina man is facing multiple felony charges in connection with a Nov. 7 crash that killed one cyclist and injured at least a dozen others.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the crash occurred about 9:30 a.m. ET on a two-lane road near Holly Springs, about 20 miles southwest of Raleigh, North Carolina. Donald Robert Morris-Jones is charged with eight counts of felony hit-and-run involving serious injury or death, seven counts of felony serious injury by vehicle and one count of felony death by vehicle, according to online Wake County District Court records reviewed by USA TODAY.
He is also charged with one count of driving while impaired, one count of driving left of center, and one count of reckless driving.
According
to troopers, the crash killed Patrick Turner, 63, of Cary, North Carolina, CNN and NBC News reported. The other injured cyclists were taken to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately known.
'Our cycling community is heartbroken'
Morris-Jones remained jailed on a $1 million bond on Nov. 8 and was due in court the afternoon of Nov. 9, Wake County Sheriff’s Office records show. Online court filings do not list an attorney of record who could comment on his behalf.
USA TODAY reached out to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol for more information.
Cycle North Carolina said in a Nov. 8 Facebook post that the death had hit the cycling community especially hard because Turner was one of its riders.
"Our cycling community is heartbroken," the group said on Facebook. "Our hearts are with Patrick’s family and friends, as well as everyone else involved and impacted by this tragedy. Please take care of one another, look out for your fellow cyclists, and hold your cycling friends a little closer."
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.
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