Police Seeking Public’s Help Solving Hit-and-Run that Killed Veteran
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) Investigators with the Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) were back on the scene of a fatal hit-and-run Tuesday morning.
Crews worked to gather more information on the crime in hopes of solving the accident which killed a Bronze Star-awarded veteran who was just passing through.
And with a $100,000 now on the line from family, friends and Crimestoppers, officials are still hoping that someone at the busy section of Abercorn saw something that will lead to the drivers arrest.
Our father was killed by someones recklessness and we are eager to have that person identified so that they cannot bring harm to others, said Deb Meyer Cohen and Susan Meyer Ross. We also know there is healing power in taking responsibility and asking for forgiveness, and we are hoping whoever committed this crime will step forward and accept responsibility for their actions.
Peter J. Meyer, a Vietnam veteran on his way home to Florida when he stopped for the night in Savannah.
He was struck and killed on Abercorn about a block south of DeRenne on Jan. 4 while crossing the street after dinner.
That fatal accident was the end of a life that had long been dedicated to serving the country.
Meyer attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1964. He served in the Third Armored Cavalry in Kaiserslautern, Germany, from 1964 to 1966.
He was an Airborne Ranger and worked as an instructor in the Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga., from 1966 to 1967.
He was then promoted to Captain and served in Vietnam from 1967 to 68 as a Company Commander. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam.
On returning to the United States, he served as an instructor in the Armor School at Fort Knox, Ky. He retired from the military in 1969. Meyer had a successful career in the military protecting and serving the United States oversees and at home.
Now family and local police just want to know how and why a man who survived war could be killed by a driver on American soil.
Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 912.234.2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the keyword CSTOP2020.
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