Robert Novak hits pedestrian, drove away.

UPDATE: ABC 7 is reporting that the victim is worse than first thought:

The pedestrian who was struck by prominent Washington columnist and commentator Robert Novak is in worse shape than first thought, a hospital source tells ABC 7 News.

The victim, a 66-year-old man, appeared somewhat incoherent, said the source who had seen the victim. The man appeared to have casts on his neck and back. The victim was X-rayed and a surgical team plans to evaluate him, the source said.

Only a citation?

Thinkprogress:

Politico reports that conservative pundit Robert Novak “was cited by police after he hit a pedestrian with his black Corvette in downtown Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning.” Novak initially “drove away from the scene,” but turned around when “a bicyclist stopped him and said, ‘You hit someone.’” Novak claimed: “I didn’t know I hit anybody.” But Washington DC’s local ABC affiliate interviewed the bicyclist who saw the incident. WJLA’s Suzanne Kennedy reported live from the scene:
I just spoke with the bicyclist about three minutes ago. He tells me that the pedestrian was actually splayed across the front of Novak’s convertible, and that there would be absolutely no way Novak would have not known that he had hit someone.

Update 1: TMZ reports, "The pedestrian, a man in his 60s, was taken to George Washington University Hospital with minor injuries."

Update 2: More from TMZ: "Novak, who was citied for failing to yield, says he won't fight the ticket, adding, 'I assume witnesses are telling the truth.'"

Update 3: David Bono, the bicyclist who stopped Novak, told Politico "that throughout, Novak 'keeps trying to get away. He keeps trying to go.'

And if this is true according to the witness, then Novak should be charged and a possbile suspension of his license.