Teen hit by car during possible road rage incident while walking younger sister to bus stop, police say PT Cruiser went up on a curb and hit the 13-year-old on North Pleasantburg, police say Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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HURRICANE AND A TROPICAL STORM. >>> TONIGHT A TEEN RECOVERING AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR FOLLOWING A POTENTIAL ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN GREENVILLE. >> RIGHT NOW POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR ONE OF THE DRIVERS INVOLVED. GREENVILLE POLICE SAY IT STARTED AROUND 7:00 THIS MORNING. THEY SAY THEY GOT REPORTS OF TWO CARS POTENTIALLY INVOLVED IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. ONE CAR LOST CONTROL ON NORTH PLEASANTBURG DRIVE AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE AND A 13-YEAR-OLD. >> POLICE SAY THE TEENAGER WAS WALKING HIS SISTER TO THE BUS STOP. POLICE SAY THE 13-YEAR-OLD WAS AWAKE AND BREATHING WHEN THE AMBULANCE ARRIVED. HIS SISTER WAS NOT HURT. POLICE SAY THE OTHER CAR INVOLVED, DID NOT STOP AND DROVE AWAY FROM THE SCENE. >> IT DOES MAKE ME FEEL VERY NERVOUS. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE VISIT MY PARENTS HOUSE QUITE OFTEN BUT THEY'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS HOUSE FOR 30 YEARS AND MY MOM HAD A DAYCARE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS HERE AND WE NEVER REALLY GOT NEAR THAT SIDEWALK AS OFTEN. >> THE DRIVER OF THE PT CRUISER WAS TAKE ON THE THE HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. POLICE ASK ANYONE WITH INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS. >>> WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM INVESTIGATORS WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT. >> A LEADER IN THE GREENVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S TRAFFIC COLLISION UNIT WALKED US THROUGH HOW THESE ACCIDENTS ARE INVESTIGATED. INVESTIGATORS ARE SAYING THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER HERE. >> TONIGHT THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE ROLE OF THOSE TWO CARS IN THIS AT THIS POINT. THAT 13 YEAR OLD IS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. >> CREWS SPENDING THE AFTERNOON RESTORING POWER TO SOME HOMES ALONG NORTH PLEASANTBURG DRIVE. POWER KNOCKED OUT AFTER AN EARLY MORNING ACCIDENT. THE VICTIMS, 13 AND 8. WITNESSES SAY THEY WERE ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL. >> EARLY INDICATIONS SHOW THAT THE TWO JUVENILES WERE WALKING ALONG THE SIDEWALK ON NORTH PLEASANTBURG WHEN A VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK THE JUVENILE AND A TELEVISION POLE. >> GREENVILLE POLICE LIEUTENANT ALLEN JOHNSON AND HIS TEAM RESPONDED ANALYZING MARKS IN THE ROAD OR GRASS, VEHICLE PARTS, AND DAMAGE. >> EARLY INDICATIONS SHOW THERE'S A SECOND CAR INVOLVED AS WE'RE INVESTIGATING THIS WE'RE NOT SO SURE. SO NOT SAYING THERE WASN'T OR WAS. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING INTO TO DETERMINE. >> POLICE IDENTIFIED ONE OF THE DRIVERS BUT NO CHARGES AT LAST CHECK. ALL WHILE PEOPLE HERE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE VICTIMS. >> I'M ASSUMING THAT THE CHILDREN WERE TRYING TO BE SAFE AND GETTING TO A SAFE PLACE BUT I THINK SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT SAFETY COMING ACROSS THE HIGHWAYS. >> POLICE WILL NOT TELL US WHAT LED THEM TO BELIEVE THIS WAS A ROAD RAGE CASE. WE'RE TOLD THEY'RE SIFTING THROUGH SOME OF THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE HERE FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES BUT THIS INVESTIGATION STILL VERY MUCH ONGOIN

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