FRANKLIN, TN — University School of Nashville's dean of students charged with several crimes following a harrowing hit-and-run on Natchez Trace Parkway Saturday, said he's a "good man" and though he told police someone "threw a bike" at him, he admitted he didn't really remember what was happening at the time.

Marshall Grant Neely III, 58, of Franklin, was arrested Saturday and charged with felony reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to immediately notify of accident and failure to render aid after allegedly hitting Tyler Noe of Nolensville with his Volvo and then speeding away. Noe was cycling with his friend and fellow Nolensvillian Greg Goodman Saturday morning when the accident happened. Goodman was riding with a camera and captured the hit-and-run on video, which he then posted to Facebook and provided to National Parks Service rangers.



Noe was taken to the hospital but is now recovering at home.

The National Parks Service said rangers are meeting with the United States Attorney to determine if additional federal charges will be filed. (For more updates on this story and free news alerts for your neighborhood, sign up for your local Middle Tennessee Patch morning newsletter. Or like Patch on Facebook.)

The video is disturbing. According to Goodman's post, a witness said they saw the same car try to hit another cyclist last week. In the Tennessee and Mississippi portions of the 444-mile road, cyclists are permitted to ride in the vehicle lanes.

Goodman told The Tennessean he believes Neely intentionally hit his friend.

"It was Tyler's first day to ride a bike since he was a kid," Goodman told the paper. "He decided to hit Tyler. And Tyler just got sent home. He's going to be OK, and he's banged up pretty bad."

According to his arrest affidavit, Neely told police "that a man and woman were standing in the road and threw a bicycle at his car." The video shot by Goodman — a man — shows only Noe — also a man — and has no indication of bicycle throwing. In an interview with The Tennessean Monday, Neely said it was obvious that initial recollection wasn't entirely correct.