A motorcyclist and a Good Samaritan were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Saturday night following a hit-and-run in Meridian.
According to Meridian police, a Ford F-150 truck “made a sudden, un-signaled lane change” and struck the motorcyclist, who was trailing the truck and was also in the process of changing lanes. The driver of the Ford continued driving “at a high rate of speed.”
Meanwhile, a bystander got out of their vehicle to help the motorcyclist, who was thrown off the motorcycle, and an additional vehicle struck the motorcyclist and the citizen, police said. The initial collision occurred at approximately 11:37 p.m. at the intersection of East Fairview Avenue and Venture Street, near The Village and Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park…