Charges expected next week in hit-skip fatal in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — Police say charges could come as early as next week in a car-bicycle accident that took the life of a city man.

Police said Shelton Harris, 57, of Sherwood Avenue, was riding his bicycle along the 100 block of Hudson Avenue about 10 a.m. Monday when he was struck by a blue Oldsmobile Cutlass.

Harris was carried about 200 feet with the impact of the collision.

Detective Sgt. Patricia Garcar said today two people in the car got out and ran after striking Harris, leaving the Oldsmobile at the accident scene. She said the car was not reported stolen.

Garcar said there is no mystery as to who was driving the vehicle, but police are still sorting out the details in the accident.

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