CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are asking for the public's help identifying a man accused of causing a hit-and-run crash that injured multiple people on Rozzelles Ferry Road Tuesday evening.
Witnesses said the man slammed into the back of one car, causing that vehicle to rear-end the car ahead of them in a chain reaction. Dana Jordan said she had her 15-month-old granddaughter, Dream, in the car when she felt the impact.
"The next thing you know, I heard a loud boom," Jordan said. "I instantly turn around to check on her to make sure she's OK."
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police need the public's help to identify a man accused in a hit and run crash that happened Tuesday on Rozzelles Ferry Road.
Jordan said she then got out of the car and started to record on her phone, getting footage of the damage and the driver involved. That's when she noticed people in the other car were hurt.
"My head was bleeding and I was just trying to make sure my wife was all right," Cesar Sykes said. "I wasn't thinking about myself, then come to find out my neck was broke."
Sykes' wife, Misgivenchi Jennings, said she suffered hand and shoulder injuries, as well as a bruised knee.
“He didn’t just damage a car or three cars, he actually hurt people," Jennings said.
The victims said the suspect who caused the crash got a ride from someone else and left just before police arrived.
“Everything he did was careless and leaving was heartless," Jennings said.
The next day, Jordan decided to post the pictures she took from the scene of the accused hit-and-run driver in hopes that someone might be able to identify him.
"I wanted people to share, share, share because on the other side of all this it needs to be known people can’t just do things like this," she said.
Anyone with information about this incident or that can identify the driver involved is asked to call CMPD. Anonymous calls can be made to CMPD's Crime Stoppers tip line at 704-334-1600.
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