(Fairmont, Mn.)– A Fairmont man has been charged in a July hit-and-run incident. Officers were dispatched to the scene of a collision between a car and scooter Monday, July 18th at an intersection in Fairmont. The three wheeled scooter was found overturned by officers just before 4 pm, with a man who was bleeding from the back of his head. He was transported to a hospital.
21-year-old Ethan Taylor Meixell was later identified as the driver of the vehicle, and was later located. He informed police he was attempting to make a left hand turn when he saw the scooter. A criminal complaint says he admitted to striking the scooter with his vehicle, panicked, and left the scene shortly after. The victim suffered multiple broken vertebrae and bleeding as a result of the crash, according to his daughter.
Meixell was arrested last week and charged with failure to stop for an injury crash and criminal vehicular operation.
(Courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KKOJ in Jackson, Mn.)
