Police are charging a Virginia teen after he was hit by a vehicle

Virginia teen is charged after being hit by a vehicle.Photo byWDBJ 7 video screenshot

Roanoke teen is injured by car and then charged

WSLS 10 reports that a Virginia teenager who was hit by a car and hospitalized is now facing charges. The accident happened when the teen visited a sick friend on Yellow Mountain Road in Garden City in Southeast Roanoke.

Trevor Kirby said the boy left his home and walked down the driveway to catch a school bus. Kirby heard a screech and found the teen on the ground, screaming in pain.

He was hospitalized and had a broken spot in his spine; one of his vertebras was broken, and his leg was broken in two places. He had a surgery where they went in and put a plate and a rod with six screws in his leg,"

Pedestrians can be charged as well as drivers

Police did nto explain why the injured teen was charged but cited Virginia code§ 46.2-923, which describes where pedestrians can cross the road. Kirby added that a camera shows the young man stopping at the bottom of the road, and he doesn't understand why he was charged.

He also mentioned drivers not slowing down and paying attention. Drivers and pedestrians should be more careful on Virginia roads because the law dictates that both may be charged.