Off-duty Raleigh firefighter recovering after hit-and-run
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A Raleigh firefighter has been released from the hospital and is at home recovering after being hit by a vehicle while off-duty.
The Raleigh Police Department says it's working to catch the person responsible.
Police are releasing images the vehicle believed to have hit off-duty Raleigh Firefighter Michael Rhodes.
Police say the driver kept going.
Law enforcement is looking for a 2015 to 2017 Chrysler 200. The dark-colored 4-door sedan has damage to the passenger side, including a missing passenger-side view mirror.
On Tuesday, Rhodes was working his second job with a tree-cutting service along Skycrest Drive.
Rhodes was directing traffic as a crew was removing tree limbs.
Police says the driver drove passed stopped vehicles and struck the victim, before continuing east towards North New Hope Road.
The Raleigh Professional Fire Fighters Association says of Rhodes on its Facebook page, "Thankfully, he was wearing a helmet at the time of the collision, which according to those around him likely saved his life."
ABC11 is learning Rhodes' father also is Raleigh firefighter and we're being told first responders from the department stayed by Rhodes' bedside round-the-clock until he was released.
The association is offering a $1,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest.
