A 60-year-old bicyclist suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car on Sunday morning around 5:30.
The driver never stopped.
The crash happened at the 8th Street and Spring Avenue intersection. Police arrested the suspect, a 41-year-old man from Fredonia, on Wednesday and took him to the Sheboygan County Detention Center for a probation violation.
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Nearby neighbor Scott Metz heard the whole thing from across the street. He flagged me down during door knocks as he was arriving home.
"I was watching the TV mass and I heard a large, loud sound like an air break,” Metz described. “I heard the sirens and saw the lights and everything. I was like, 'Oh boy, somebody got hurt.'"
Scott walked me to the crash site to explain what he saw through his front window.
"Right here, I saw them pick her up and put her in the ambulance,” he said, gesturing toward the ground underneath the stop sign. “But she was lying down and wasn't moving."
“[The bike] was totally bent up, like it was run over.”
Metz said he can’t shake the guilt for not looking out the window sooner so the biker could receive more immediate help. However, he still estimates first responders were on the scene in 10 minutes or less.
“And then you feel numb,” he went on. “Should I have done more? Or what should I do now?”
I asked Metz if he’d noticed any reckless driving in the area.
“Oh yeah. 8th Street's a drag strip. See what I mean?” he said pointing at a passing car. “That's more than 25 [MPH]."
The biker is still in the hospital in critical condition.
Police are asking anyone with information or video footage to come forward.
Call 920-459-3333 if you have a tip.
You can also submit a tip anonymously through Sheboygan Countywide Crime Stoppers at www.cufthem.com.
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