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Driver booked for assault after hitting pedestrian with car

CHEYENNE (WNE) — A male pedestrian was transported to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center Thursday evening after a driver struck him with his vehicle. The victim is in custody, and the driver has been booked into the Laramie County jail on an assault charge.

Koby Rodriguez, 25, was arrested on the charge of aggravated assault with injury after an altercation at 5:40 p.m. Thursday.

Rodriguez told police that, after exiting Interstate 80, waiting at a light to turn onto North Greeley Highway, a man approached his vehicle and attempted...