Texas authorities seek semi involved in hit-and-run

March 15, 2013

Dept. of Public Safety investigators in Alice, TX, are seeking information to help track down a tractor-trailer involved in a hit-and-run accident in Jim Wells County off Highway 44 on Tuesday morning Mar. 12.

Investigators said the driver of the truck did not stop to render aid after running over a man who was riding his bicycle. The incident was captured by surveillance cameras at Texas Best, a store that the truck was leaving before hitting the bicyclist, according to KIII TV News.
The semi-truck was pulling a white vacuum tanker.

Anyone with information about this incident should call the Alice DPS office at 361-668-8296, or call the Jim Wells County Sheriff's Office at 361-688-0341.

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