A teenager is recovering in the hospital after a hit-and-run near the intersection of Planz Road and South Chester Avenue, and his family is calling for accountability.
Just after 10 p.m. on April 15, security video shows a then 16-year-old Isaiah Jeffers riding his electric bike west on Planz Road when a vehicle slammed into him. His family said the driver dragged Isaiah and his bike for several yards before taking off.
“To just even not consider that you hit someone and stop is the thing. Stopping would have been another thing, but you did not stop, so it’s kind of hard to understand why not,” said Cornelius Jeffers, Isaiah’s father.
Cornelius said his son, who just turned 17 in the hospital, is facing a long recovery. He suffered severe road rash, a fractured knee, and serious facial injuries requiring skin grafts and surgery. His family said he also has bruised lungs, and because he lives with sickle cell disease, recovery could be even more difficult…