9-year-old sitting on bike in driveway gets leg torn off by wasted driver who plowed boy into retaining wall after veering off roadway: Police

A North Carolina antheral wasted connected cocaine, opiates and benzodiazepines severed the limb of a 9-year-old boy aft helium "veered off" a roadway and plowed the youngster into a retaining partition portion helium was sitting connected a motorcycle successful his ain driveway, cops say.

Theodore Gause, 51, is facing galore charges — including felony superior wounded by a vehicle, felony deed and run, driving portion impaired, and driving portion his licence was revoked — successful transportation with the April 20 clang successful New Hanover County.

A press release posted connected Facebook by the Wilmington Police Department says Gause "crossed the centerline" portion driving successful the 600 artifact of South 15th Street and smashed the victim, who was "on a bicycle."

Prosecutors and section officials person said that Gause sent some his car and the lad flying into a retaining partition earlier coming to a stop, Port City Daily reports.

Prosecutors accidental Gause was stopped astatine an intersection adjacent 608 South 15th Street erstwhile helium began accelerating astatine a precocious complaint of velocity and struck the youth. After the crash, Gause allegedly got retired of his conveyance and fled connected ft earlier helium was spotted by witnesses and arrested, section NBC affiliate WECT reports.

Gause allegedly told investigators helium thought helium deed a curb; erstwhile helium was informed it was a kid helium tried to tally disconnected again, according to WECT, citing accusation raised by prosecutors astatine a enslaved hearing.

Court records viewed by Law&Crime accidental Gause has an "extensive transgression history" that is "assaultive successful nature." He was released from situation successful May 2025 and his parole conscionable ended March 6, per the records.

"[Gause] should person known that the conveyance helium was operating was progressive successful a collision, and that collision resulted successful superior wounded to [the victim]," an apprehension warrant states. "The suspect unlawfully and willfully did run centrifugal conveyance connected thoroughfare oregon road portion the defendant's driver's licence was revoked."

The apprehension warrant says Gause "amputated" the limb of his unfortunate and near him with different superior injuries, which led to his hospitalization astatine the Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Gause was ordered held connected a $31 cardinal enslaved past week and is owed backmost successful tribunal connected May 7.