Police say that a truck driver was charged following an intersection crash caught on traffic cameras.
Police were called on Tuesday morning in Duluth, Georgia, by a motorist who said he was hit after sitting at a light at the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Pleasant Hill Road.
The car driver told police that when the light turned green, a truck behind him pushed his car forwarding the intersection and into another car.
Both car drivers told police that the truck driver made a U-turn and left the scene, WSB-TV reports.
A witness came forward and told police the he had followed the truck to a restaurant and spoken with truck driver Henry Cain about the crash. Cain told the witness that he was unaware that he’d caused a crash.
Police saw damage to Cain’s truck consistent with the motorist’s story.
Cain was placed under arrest and charged with hit-and-run, reckless driving, and following too closely.
You can see traffic camera footage of the incident below.
SOLVED ✅ Our Traffic Unit were able to identify and charge this semi driver for Hit-and-Run after it was all captured on our city-wide cameras.
Check it out👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/OQiyXv3KHi
— Duluth Police Dept (@DuluthGaPolice) April 30, 2021