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The driver, who said he accidentally stepped on the gas, turned himself into the police in Lincolnton, N.C., on Monday.
By Livia Albeck-Ripka
A 68-year-old man who plowed his S.U.V. into a group of six migrant workers outside a Walmart in Lincolnton, N.C., on Sunday turned himself into police on Monday evening, saying he accidentally hit the gas while trying to park and fled in a panic, the police said.
The man, Daniel Gonzalez, of Hickory, N.C., was arrested and charged with a felony hit-and-run after he arrived at the police station just before 6 p.m. together with several family members, the The City of Lincolnton Police Department said in a statement.
The family said Mr. Gonzalez had contacted them earlier that day to say he had been in “an accident” while parking at Walmart, and “hit the gas by accident,” according to police. He also told his family he “panicked and left the scene,” the police said.
On Sunday, police said what appeared to be “an intentional assault” took place just after 1:15 p.m. in Lincolnton, a city of less than 12,000 people about 30 miles northwest of Charlotte, noting that they had reviewed footage of Mr. Gonzalez crossing a median before hitting the group of migrant workers.
All of the workers were transported to Atrium Health Lincoln, where they were treated for “various injuries” that were not life-threatening and released on Sunday, the police said. They had no apparent connection with Mr. Gonzalez, Maj. Brian R. Greene of the Lincolnton Police Department said by phone on Sunday.
On Monday, Mr. Gonzalez was cooperating with detectives and had received a $50,000 bond, the police said.
The attack follows a deadly crash in May in which the driver of a Range Rover barreled into a crowd of migrants in Brownsville, Texas, killing eight of them. That driver was arrested and charged with manslaughter and other charges.
Livia Albeck-Ripka is a reporter for The Times based in California. She was previously a reporter in the Australia bureau. More about Livia Albeck-Ripka
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