Cyclist hit in malicious attack in Chatham County, NC

Cyclist hit in malicious attack—please pass this along!

Update July 2: NBC-17 and WRAL have both aired stories about this.

Please pass this along to your customers, friends, club members, etc. We are trying to find this car to take legal action.

Okay, one more reason to be careful riding…Two cyclists were riding around 4pm on Saturday afternoon (one cyclist is training for the Beach to Battleship & they were riding a 45 mi/loop out Apex/Lake Jordan way) and a car deliberately hit one cyclist, then tried to hit the other, missed, and then bolted. The rider is fine physically, but these people did this on purpose, which is beyond comprehension, and they’re still out there somewhere… the riders were between the SkyWay gas station on Old Route 1 traveling southbound and the back entrance to Pea Ridge Rd. when this happened. Ambulance, State Police and Chatham Co. Sheriff were all there after and they’ve been given as much description as possible, but they don’t think that they have enough to go off of – it was a charcoal grey Chrysler 300 M w/ the first license plate letters “XYT” and it has a newer NC plate w/ red lettering.

Here is a photo of that type of car:

This was no accident at all – they deliberately hit the cyclist and then tried for the other– the rider saw the car come up quickly in his peripheral vision and then saw the front passenger open their door to try to hit him with it, they missed and the rider heard a girl shouting from in the car, “Just go, go go!” The driver floored it and wildly went around a Ford Explorer that was in front of it – that driver witnessed the whole thing and got the partial of the plate, came back to the scene, etc. – the cyclist was able to lean right & get out of the way, and as soon as he could wrap his head around what was going on & that it was deliberate, he looked back to see his fellow rider down & in the road. He went back to get to her & get her out of the road, take care of her, etc. – she’s beat up & has road rash, but otherwise is okay. Her helmet is cracked in two places and the front-end of her new tri bike was messed up, and we’re all pretty angry, I think – especially her!
Anyway, we’re going to see this car out there again, at some point, since they’re still out there – charcoal gray Chrysler 300 w/ “XYT” as the first three letters… unbelievable!

If you have any information that can help authorities find the people who hit McKeithan, call the Raleigh Police Department’s Detective Division at 919-890-3555 or Crime Stoppers at 919-226-CRIME.

Note from Carol: Where is the CSI team?!!?? Why can’t they track down a local car with that information. They can always find the car on CSI!