Followup: Misdemeanor charges for enraged drive who struck bicyclist

KSHB-TV has a followup about the bicyclist who was hit and injured by an angry driver in September.

The incident happened on the downtown Kansas City airport loop road, a very low-traffic road very commonly used by bicyclists.

The KSHB article says:

A cyclist injured by a hit and run is angry the alleged driver is not facing more serious charges.

On Wednesday, a Lee’s Summit woman was charged for the incident in Clay County Circuit Court. Dawn Mais, 29, faces the class A misdemeanor of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident.

“I’m absolutely dumbfounded,” said Chuck Pullium, who was hit while riding his bike near the Wheeler Downtown Airport on September 26. “The woman threatened to do bodily harm and then carried through with her threat.”

Pullium accused the driver of honking her horn, yelling at him to get off the road, and then hitting him on NW Lou Holland Drive. The accident mangled Pullium’s bike and left him with a cracked tailbone.

The driver didn’t stop, but Pullium and his son returned to the area the next day. They located the suspected vehicle parked in a secure lot at the airport and called police. A probable cause statement said that “officers observed a scratch on the right front of the vehicle.”

Full story on the KSHB web site here.