Updated: December 19, 2017

A PERSON ATTEMPTING TO CROSS A PORTION OF HIGHWAY 72 WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE MONDAY EVENING. ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS, THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 5:30 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HINES STREET IN ATHENS. AN INDIVIDUAL RIDING A BIKE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY WHEN THEY WERE HIT BY A VEHICLE.  THE VICTIM WAS LATER AIRLIFTED TO HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF SERIOUS INJURIES.