North Carolina 300 Owners, Please Help Me Out

[JayC]

Specifically, RDU owners. This was posted on my local cycling list. If anyone happens to see this car on the road, PLEASE get the full plate number and private message me.

Please pass this along to your customers, friends, club members, etc. We are trying to find this carto take legal action.

Okay, one more reason to be careful riding…
Two cyclists were riding around 4pm on Saturday afternoon (one cyclist is training for the Beach to Battleship & they were riding a 45 mi/loop out Apex/Lake Jordan way) and a car deliberately hit one cyclist, then tried to hit the other, missed, and then bolted. The rider is fine physically, but these people did this on purpose, which is beyond comprehension, and they’re still out there somewhere… the riders were between the SkyWay gas station on Old Route 1 traveling southbound and the back entrance to Pea Ridge Rd. when this happened. Ambulance, State Police and Chatham Co. Sheriff were all there after and they've been given as much description as possible, but they don’t think that they have enough to go off of – it was a charcoal grey Chrysler 300 M w/ the first license plate letters “XYT” and it has a newer NC plate w/ red lettering. This was no accident at all – they deliberately hit the cyclist and then tried for the other– the rider saw the car come up quickly in his peripheral vision and then saw the front passenger open their door to try to hit him with it, they missed and the rider heard a girl shouting from in the car, “Just go, go go!” The driver floored it and wildly went around a Ford Explorer that was in front of it – that driver witnessed the whole thing and got the partial of the plate, came back to the scene, etc. – the cyclist was able to lean right & get out of the way, and as soon as he could wrap his head around what was going on & that it was deliberate, he looked back to see his fellow rider down & in the road. He went back to get to her & get her out of the road, take care of her, etc. – she’s beat up & has road rash, but otherwise is okay. Her helmet is cracked in two places and the front-end of her new tri bike was messed up, and we’re all pretty angry, I think – especially her!
Anyway, we’re going to see this car out there again, at some point, since they’re still out there – charcoal gray Chrysler 300 w/ “XYT” as the first three letters… unbelievable!

Thanks!

[Radarmagnet]

I can't believe there are a lot of gray 300s with the XYT prefix.
Was it an NC plate? Was it modified in any way?
I'll keep an eye out but it seems the HP may have a better shot...
(they have lots of Chargers running up and down 64 around lake Jordan.)

[JayC]

It was one of the newer NC plates with the red lettering. I wasnt there so I dont know if it was modded. I suspect it was probably kids borrowing Dad's car and Im SURE someone with access to the DMV database could track this car down in minutes. Im just hoping someone on the board can help.

[rg-300C]

I would think the police would have acces to the local DMV data base.. They should be able to track it down..

I hope that they do

[marlinspike]

I saw this on the news this morning. I'll keep an eye out (living in Durham working in Raleigh).