RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A 71-year-old man has been charged after a hit-and-run at the intersection of Broad Street and Lombardy Street — just outside Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) campus.
On Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 8:45 a.m., a woman was crossing southbound on West Broad Street when she was struck by a car driven by 71-year-old Garland Childress of Sandston after he had ran a red light. Childress then drove away from the scene.
Investigators located Childress a short time later and he was arrested and charged with felony hit-and-run, with additional charges pending. The conditions of the woman who was hit are unknown.
VCU sophomore student Noah Henrickson lives in the Ascend Apartment complex located right beside the intersection and heard the incident when it happened.
“I heard a loud bang, sort of. And then I heard some people yell, ‘don’t touch them.’ And I instantly sort of thought someone probably got hit,” Henrickson said. “Probably ten, 15 people gathered around an individual on the ground and they weren’t moving.”