A Utah man who allegedly ran over a 9-year-old boy on his bicycle without realizing it now faces felony charges.

Months after 80-year-old George Parker Hunter fatally struck 9-year-old Dalton Gibbs with his truck, the older man has been charged with second-degree felony manslaughter and third-degree felony leaving the scene of an accident involving death. According to court records obtained by local ABC outlet KUTV, Hunter was behind the wheel of his white pickup truck on the afternoon of April 25 at the same time Dalton was riding his bike home from school.

Police said that Hunter turned into an intersection and allegedly struck Dalton, dragging the boy 50 feet with his truck while witnesses tried and failed to get him to stop.

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