Skateboarder hit, drug short distance after failing to yield

MT. PLEASANT - A juvenile skateboarding near Fast Break in Mt. Pleasant was hit by a truck and drug a short distance after failing to yield the right of way.

At approximately 2:06 p.m., the Mt. Pleasant Police Department was dispatched to a motor vehicle collision with a skateboarder at the intersection of Adams and Washington streets on Thursday, Aug. 1. According to a news release, the juvenile was on a skateboard, traveling westbound through the Fast Break parking lot and attempted to cross Adams Street. However, the do not cross signal was showing.

A truck, traveling southbound on Adams Street, and turning eastbound into Washington Street, struck the skateboarder, who was dragged several feet. Henry County Ambulance was called to the scene, but the juvenile and his mother declined treatment. No citations were issued as the truck had the right of way.