Driver Hits Pedestrian After Being Told To Slow Down

(03/20/07-- RALEIGH) - A Raleigh man says shouting "slow down" to a speeding driver put him in the hospital.

On Saturday, David Barber yelled at a man driving too fast in his neighborhood while he was walking his dog near Jeffries and Norton Roads in Raleigh. Barber says the man stopped then turned around.

"I was thinking, that's kind of odd and then he revs his engine up and I was thinking you're not going to hit me. And then he hit me," Barber explained.

David Barber has road rash on one leg and the other leg is broken in two places

Police arrested the driver 23-year-old Doroteo Henandez and charged him with attempted murder and DWI.

Barber is stuck with a pin in his leg permanently and he'll probably need a walker for several months.

Despite his injuries, he says if he had to, he'd yell "slow down" again.