Driver accused of hitting motorcyclist, leaving scene

A Garden City man was arrested for allegedly driving off after hitting and seriously injuring a motorcyclist.

James Gallagher, 69, was trying to make a left turn east onto Old Country Road from Linden Street in his 2001 Nissan Pathfinder when he hit a motorcyclist who was traveling east in the right lane of Old Country Road.  Gallagher kept driving although the motorcyclist, 29, had been injured.

The motorcyclist who had internal injuries and a partial amputation of his right foot was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition.

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