TYLER, Texas — A Tyler man has been arrested for intoxication assault with a vehicle after police say he hit a cyclist Thursday night.
According to the Tyler Police Department, the crash occurred around 7 pm. at the intersection of Old Jacksonville Highway and Oak Creek Boulevard, near Bruno's.
Witnesses told officers a vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and struck the bicyclist before crashing into a wooded area.
The cyclist was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
CBS19's newspaper partner, the Tyler Morning Telegraph, reports the driver of the vehicle, identified as Zachary Tatman, 23, was also injured and treated at a Tyler medical center.
On Friday, Tatman was booked into the Smith County Jail. He posted his $10,000 bond the same day.