CONOVER, N.C. — The Conover Police Department said Dalton Coffey, a driver who hit a motorcyclist and kept going, turned himself into police.
The incident occurred along Conover Boulevard West shortly before midnight on Saturday.
Family members told Channel 9 that the 21-year-old victim had surgery on Monday after the incident left him with a serious leg injury.
Coffey was charged Tuesday afternoon with felony hit-and-run.
Anyone with information regarding this hit-and-run is asked to call 911.
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