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A Columbia County sheriff’s reserve deputy, Arnold Bernat, 67 is severely hurt after being hit by a log truck while bicycling Friday. Bernat was bicycling on Gordon Highway at Gate 2 about 1 p.m. when he tried to make a left turn and was struck by a log truck traveling behind him. Bernat is being treated at Georgia Regents Medical Center. Officials said he was wearing a helmet. The driver of the truck, 59-year-old Marcus Meriweather, was cited for following too closely.

Zykeith Harris, 14, killed, one other teen seriously injured after they are struck by a hit and run driver while walking on the Gordon Highway in Augusta, Georgia

Date:

Friday, April 11, 2014

Area:

Augusta, GA

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver after a teenage pedestrian was killed and another injured on Gordon Highway late Saturday. Deputy Coroner Kenneth Boose pronounced Zykeith Harris, 14, of Augusta, dead early today. An autopsy will be performed in Atlanta, he said. The second teen was taken to Georgia Regents Medical Center with serious injuries. The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public’s help in identifying the vehicle that struck the two youths on the 1400 block of Gordon Highway near Dan Bowles Road after 11 p.m. Saturday.