9/28/2020 Injury collision at intersection of N. Willard Street and N. Main Street Cottonwood. Driver fled. Police believe the driver is identified as mentioned below. This is a ‘T’ intersection with Main continuing through, and Willard on the stem of the ‘T’ having a stop sign.
A hit-and-run involving injury or death is a felony, varying from a class 5 to class 2; depending on the extent of the injuries.
Cottonwood Arizona Police Department
BRANDON MICHAEL “MIKE” MACKINNON WANTED BY COTTONWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A HIT AND RUN INVOLVING A BICYCLIST
Monday morning at about 8:30 Cottonwood Police and EMS responded to the intersection of N. Willard Street and N. Main Street for a vehicle versus bicycle hit and run.
While enroute witnesses reported a dark colored pickup truck struck the bicyclist while both were headed southbound in the 700 block of N. Main Street. The driver of the truck fled the scene in his truck but some witnesses followed him. The suspect truck was located in an alley between the 1200 and 1300 block of E. Mingus Avenue abandoned. However, based on witnesses and video surveillance footage the suspect was identified as 24-year-old Cottonwood resident, Brandon Michael “Mike” Mackinnon. He is also the registered owner of the truck.
Mike Mackinnon has not been located but there is probable cause for his arrest. The bicyclist, a 65-year-old male, was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. However, his current condition is unknown.
Mike Mackinnon is described as a white male approximately 6’00” tall, 200 pounds with reddish blonde scruffy hair and facial hair.
We are asking for the public’s help in locating Mackinnon. If you have information on his whereabouts, you are asked to contact the Cottonwood Police Department at (928)649-1397 or Silent Witness at (800)932-3232. You don’t have to give your name, just your information. (###)
Contact:
Sergeant Monica Kuhlt
Cottonwood Police Department
mkuhlt@cottonwoodaz.gov
(928) 340-2113 desk
here’s a verdenews.com article.