Teen charged in deadly electric bike crash on Columbus bridge
A teenager is behind bars in a deadly August electric bike versus pedestrian crash in Columbus.
The crash occurred on Dillingham Street Bridge on August 5th while the deceased woman and two friends were on the bridge, according to Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan.
Bryan said a 17-year-old riding an electric bike hit the woman, now identified as 44-year-old Lisa Finan. Finan was thrown into the air and came back down on her cranium. Finan never gained consciousness and was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional where she was determined to be brain dead in the intensive care unit.
On August 20th, Finan was pronounced deceased at Columbus Hospice from a traumatic brain injury.
According to jail records, 17-year-old Jaquavion Daise was charged with homicide by motor vehicle in the 2nd degree – misdemeanor.
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