Robert Novak cited after hitting [66 year-old] pedestrian with his black corvette. Novak drove away and was stopped by bicyclist David Bono (a law partner at Harkins Cunningham) who saw the accident and didn't want the car to just drive away.
"Bono said that the pedestrian, who was crossing the street on a "Walk" signal and was in the crosswalk, rolled off the windshield and that Novak then made a right into the service lane of K Street. “This car is speeding away. What’s going through my mind is, you just can’t hit a pedestrian and drive away,” Bono said. He said he chased Novak half a block down K Street, finally caught up with him and then put his bike in front of the car to block it and called 911."
Novak's comments are worse. "'I didn’t know I hit him. ... I feel terrible,' a shaken Novak told reporters from Politico and WJLA as he was returning to his car. 'He's not dead, that's the main thing.' Novak said he was a block away from 18th and K streets Northwest, where the accident occurred, when a bicyclist stopped him and said he had hit someone. He said he was cited for failing to yield the right of way."
"He's not dead", that's such compassionate wording for a syndicated columnist. And which account to believe? Did the 66 year-old roll off the windshield or did Novak not see him? Hard to imagine both could be true, so it's a shame he wasn't cited for hit and run. Fortunately the victim was treated for only minor injuries.
Update: Here's some video which gives some context to Novak's "He's not dead" comment:
Update 2: Turns out he has a brain tumor.
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