Driver Accused Of Plowing Down Bicyclists

When Craig Randall Tippit, 37, left his home Saturday to train in Waller County for an upcoming triathlon, his wife Stephanie said it felt like any other weekend when he'd leave for what's usually an uneventful bike ride. Keri had grown up in Houston, then attended Louisiana State University and worked at LV Shipping & Transport. After the fatal crash, Tome fled on foot, leaving his badly damaged blue Dodge Stratus, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Erik Burse said. Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis said Tome now faces two counts of murder, as well as counts of burglary, aggravated assault and accident causing serious bodily injury. On Sunday, he returned to Waller County to ride in a "Red White & Bike" cycling event to raise money for bicycles for children. Cycling is a particular "political hot potato" in Waller County, where law enforcement and much of the public don't like urban expansion to the suburbs and activities like cycling that follow, Shrimpton said. The "irony" is cyclists are attracted to the area because the roads are less traveled and it has good training grounds for the MS 150.