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    TX - Bicyclist dragged for blocks by driver who failed to stop

    By Claire Ricke
    Published: April 1, 2016, 12:28 pm Updated: April 1, 2016, 1:34 pm

    AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bicyclist was left with disfiguring injuries after a man hit her with a truck and she was dragged several blocks. The driver, Artemio Avila, faces charges for failing to stop and render aid after hitting the young woman.

    On March 29 just after 10 p.m., officers received reports of a crash that severely injured a bicyclist. According to the affidavit, the woman was dragged underneath the vehicle for several blocks before the driver took off. Police say while the bicyclist was dragged for nearly half-a-mile, from Airport Boulevard to Greenwood Avenue.

    Hospital staff indicated the woman lost part of her right buttocks, part of her pelvis and her lower spine was exposed from grinding on the pavement. Medical staff told officers due to the severity of her injuries she might not live.

    While the driver didn’t stop, witnesses were able get a description of the vehicle as a Dodge Ram pickup with an attached camper shell. The next day, an Austin Police Department officer on his way home from noticed the suspect truck. He was familiar with the suspect vehicle because he was involved in the crash scene investigation the night before. Damage observed to the vehicle included blood on the hood and fresh paint scrapes.

    An on-duty officer came and followed the vehicle into Kyle, where the driver was pulled over for a traffic stop. The driver, Artemio Avila, was arrested but he claimed he did not know anything about the crash, according to court documents.

    During police questioning Avila said he was home the night of the crash by 6 p.m. and had allowed his cousin to lend the truck to a man named Chago, continued in the affidavit. When police questioned Avila’s cousin, Jesus Aguilar, he told officers he didn’t know anyone named Chago and that Avila wasn’t home until after 10 p.m. on the night of the crash.

    Avila eventually admitted to police he was involved in the crash, claiming to have heard on a “slight bump on the passenger side of the truck,” as stated in the affidavit. Several witnesses told police they heard her screams as she was dragged under the truck.

    Avila is being held on a $100,000 bond. He is also being held on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer.

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    How can a person drag someone for several blocks and not know it. What a lying piece of garbage this illegal is....JMO
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    Quote Originally Posted by Newmexican View Post
    How can a person drag someone for several blocks and not know it. What a lying piece of garbage this illegal is....JMO


    He knew she was under the truck.

    He had no intention to stop and was hoping the woman would become untangled from the bottom of the truck on her own.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lorrie View Post
    He knew she was under the truck.

    He had no intention to stop and was hoping the woman would become untangled from the bottom of the truck on her own.
    Exactly.

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    This is one of the most horrible crimes. That poor dear woman. Just out for a nice healthy pleasant bike ride in her own country and mowed down by an illegal aliens and dragged for a half a mile. This illegal alien needs to be the poster person for an anti-illegal alien uprising. Their culture is not the same as ours, their values are not the same as ours, they can not be allowed to roam in our country. We have laws for a reason, these immigration laws are valid, they are there to protect Americans.

    We have the right to ride our bikes in our country without fear of being hit by an illegal aliens and dragged so far and so long that it scrapes the flesh from our bones.

    Meanwhile of course, this is not the major news story in the MSM. Oh know, some phony "battery" of a female journalist are the headlines for days and days and days because she claims Trump's campaign manager touched her arm.

    Our media is dishonest, they report and headline nothing while these major life-threatening deforming painful unbelievable stories are ignored.
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