Police search for driver in hit-and-run incident that left a New Bern woodworker badly injured
A 21-year-old New Bern man was life-flighted to a trauma center in Greenville after he was the victim of a hit-and-run incident late Wednesday afternoon. Michael “Mike” Garris was walking on Country Club Road near the Rhem Street intersection shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday when he was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene. A motorist who came upon the scene shortly after the incident said the man was unconscious in the roadway and being tended to by two women who found him there. The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call New Bern Officer Williams with the Traffic EnforcementRead More →