Man hit by car following attack
A 20-year-old man was dragged almost 400 feet by a car Thursday that struck him in a hit-and-run near Brunswick High School during a chase his brother said began when they were attacked at a discount store.
Josh Carlisle of Brunswick was listed in stable condition at Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick hospital, a spokeswoman said.
He was run over about 4 p.m. on Habersham Street and dragged beneath a blue Nissan Altima to Cate Street, said his brother, Daniel Carlisle, who cradled his brother in his arms until police and emergency personnel arrived.
“He was conscious but crying and yelling in pain,” said Daniel Carlisle, whose clothes were stained with his brother’s blood.
Josh Carlisle has head and chest injuries and one of his legs was broken, his brother said.
He apparently became trapped behind one of the tires as the vehicle rolled over him, police said.
Police were searching for the Altima, which had its windshield broken by Daniel Carlisle, who said he threw a piece of metal at the car to try to distract its driver from his brother.
No arrests had been reported in the case Thursday night.
Danielle Carlberg, 24, and Daniel Carlisle, 23, gave this account of the chase and hit-and-run to the Times-Union:
Carlberg and the brothers were at the Dollar General Store, 4999 Altama Ave., when a woman, accompanied by two young children and a man, accosted Josh Carlisle. The woman began punching him in the face while her male companion accused him of burglarizing her home.
Carlisle denied the accusations then got into Carlberg’s car with his brother, and the three of them drove away from the store. The woman, children and the man got into the Altima and gave chase.
Carlberg drove through several residential neighborhoods in an attempt to elude them and to find a police officer for help. When they got to the school, Josh Carlisle jumped from the car and started running toward the building to get one of the school’s resource officers.
The man in the Altima jumped out of the car and chased him on foot. Carlisle slipped and fell down on the pavement at a driveway leading to the rear of the high school. The woman then stopped and picked up the man.
“As soon as Josh fell and her boyfriend got in, she floored it and ran over Josh,” said Carlberg, who described the woman as laughing.
Police found brass knuckles at the scene.
Two students told the Times-Union they saw the car hit him, and their accounts of the incident were consistent with what Carlberg and Daniel Carlisle said.
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