Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Pedestrian's Name Released in Hit and Run
Ames Police watched as a pickup struck a pedestrian in Welch Avenue early Friday. The suspected driver has been charged.
A Kansas City, Mo. man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and more after allegedly striking a 22-year-old Ames man on Welch Avenue early Friday.
An Ames police officer in the 100 block of Welch Ave., looked on as a truck struck Shawn Molitor, 22, of Ames, about 2 a.m. Friday. The black Chevrolet Silverado pickup drove off, but Iowa State University police found the truck in the 200 block of Gray Avenue a short time later.
The driver, Jimmy Tyler Hatley, 24, of Kansas City, Mo. was charged with serious injury by vehicle, a Class D felony; leaving the scene of a serious injury accident, an aggravated misdemeanor; operating while intoxicated, first offense; and reckless driving, a simple misdemeanor.
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Molitor was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center and then transferred to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines with serious injuries.
Class D felonies are punishable by up to five years in prison.
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