A 16-year-old driver of a Ford F-Sequence pickup truck is beneath investigation after hanging six cyclists in Waller County, Texas whereas allegedly attempting to roll coal.

Click on 2 Houston reviews that the accident occurred simply after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, September 25. A bunch of cyclists have been touring alongside U.S. Route 290 on the time whereas coaching for a neighborhood Ironman occasion.

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Chase Ferrell was touring behind the group of cyclists and instructed native media that the driving force of the pickup was rolling coal throughout the cyclists, repeatedly accelerating and braking to blow black soot from the truck’s exhausts throughout the group.

“A child in a black truck tried to ‘roll coal’ us the place they speed up previous blowing diesel exhaust on cyclists,” Ferrell mentioned. “It made me mad, so I accelerated to attempt to catch as much as him, so I may take an image of his truck, take an image of him or his license plate or one thing.”

Quickly after, Ferrell says the 16-year-old driver of the Ford hit six of the cyclists. Whereas the cyclists have been handled at a neighborhood hospital and launched, a few of them suffered shoulder, again, and neck accidents and are anticipated to require follow-up surgical procedures.

“After I pulled up on the scene, I believed I used to be going to be pulling as much as people who have been useless,” Ferrell mentioned. “It’s mindless. It doesn’t make any sense for anyone to do this to any bike owner… it’s pointless.”

Click on 2 Houston states that the 16-year-old driver spoke to officers on the scene however was not arrested. Native police have confirmed that is certainly the case, stating that the accident remains to be beneath investigation.

NEW AT 10 on @KPRC2: 6 bike owner are recovering after being hit by a truck. It occurred on Enterprise 290 in Waller County. A teams of bike owner have been coaching for the Ironman Marathon. The driving force recognized as a 16-year-old pulled over till police arrived however has not been arrested. pic.twitter.com/spVBWf9Nj8

— Re’Chelle Turner Echols (@KPRC2ReChelle) September 27, 2021