GARNER, N.C. (WNCN) — A Garner hit-and-run driver was caught by Clayton police after fleeing nearly 13 miles along US 70 in a car missing two tires Sunday morning, Garner police said.
The initial crash happened in Garner along US 70 near Jessup Drive around 8:35 a.m., closing one lane, according to the Garner Police Department and the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
A man driving a white car hit an SUV at least twice in Garner before driving away on US 70, police said. The SUV driver suffered minor injuries in the crashes and was treated at the scene, officers said.
The man in the white car — which lost a front and rear tire in the wreck — fled southeast along US 70 toward Johnston County and continued through the town of Clayton, police said…