DESOTO COUNTY, MS : Driver likely accidentally ran over man sleeping on side of road on Wednesday, 12th June 2019

Authorities are now saying the driver who allegedly hit a man who was sleeping on the side of a road kept driving because he didn't know he ran over a person. He though he hit a bag of leaves and a limb.

Deputies said as the news of the hit-and-run spread throughout the DeSoto County subdivision, one man contacted authorities worried that he was the driver in question.

The man told authorities he used the road that morning and hit what he thought was a bag of leaves and a tree limb; he never thought that he had hit a person.The driver then went to the scene with deputies and detectives. The detectives determined the man's vehicle was likely the one that hit the man who was sleeping on the side of the old, narrow construction road.

The case is still under investigation, but DeSoto County authorities said there is no reason to believe the incident was anything other than an accident.

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