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Witness Detains Suspect Driver in Hit and Run at Gunpoint Until Authorities Arrive

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Monday afternoon, January 27, 2020, an automobile accident occurred on Norlina Road, just north of the intersection with Warrenton Road in Henderson.

According to the Atlanta truck accident lawyer surveying the scene, the suspect, the driver, proceeded about 3/10 of a mile away from the crash site and pulled into a driveway nearby.  The suspect’s vehicle had only three wheels after the impact.

The suspect driver went “left of center,” according to the trooper.  “Way left of center. And his right front, the passenger side right front of his vehicle hit the side right front of the other vehicle.”

The trooper said when he arrived Vance County Sheriff’s Deputies had the suspect in handcuffs. “He told me that a Samaritan pulled a gun and told him he couldn’t move, couldn’t leave,” the trooper said.  He followed by saying, “I don’t know if I would have pulled a gun on somebody.”

The trooper informed WIZS News that the suspect in the case is Robert Elmo Talley III. He was charged with reckless driving and driving while impaired. A few incidental charges were also added.

The single occupant of the other vehicle sustained a hand injury and was transported to the hospital.

Highway Patrol Requesting Public’s Assistance in Vance Co. Hit-And-Run

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-Information courtesy Michael D. Baker, First Sergeant, North Carolina State Highway Patrol

On Saturday, August 25, 2018, at approximately 2:50 p.m., the State Highway Patrol was called to investigate a two-vehicle collision on NC 39 near Gillburg Rd in Vance County. A 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle, operated by Jacob Aaron Elliott, 32, of Henderson, was traveling south NC 39. As Mr. Elliott slowed to make a left turn, he was struck from behind by a white SUV.

As a result of the collision, both Mr. Elliott and his passenger, Hunter Elliott, 6, of Henderson, were ejected from the motorcycle. Both were transported to Duke Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the SUV fled the scene after the collision. Authorities are looking for a white 2007-2011 Honda CRV and the driver in question. The SUV sustained damage to the right front quarter panel as a result of the crash. Photos of the vehicle were captured by surveillance video at a nearby convenience store.

Anyone with information and/or tips is encouraged to contact the State Highway Patrol at 1-800-662-7956.

At the request of Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers, WIZS News is adding the following information to First Sergeant Baker’s original news release: “Contact Crime Stoppers at 252-492-1925 or use the phone app P3tips. All information remains anonymous. If an arrest is made from your tip, you may be eligible for free money ranging from $50 to $2000. The amount given will be requested by the officer in charge and passed by the Crime stoppers board.”