Oxford man arrested in hit and run

A  24 year old oxford man was in the Calhoun County Jail accused of hitting a man with his car Monday morning.  Jonathan Ryan Hughes, was charged with a felony charge leaving the scene of an accident.  Oxford police received a call just after midnight Monday about an accident involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on Burtram Drive. Police found the 32-year-old victim lying in the grass on the side of the road.  The man suffered from several broken bones and internal injuries and was taken to Regional Medical Center for treatment. Hughes and the victim had been involved in an altercation earlier that night at a house on U.S. 78. When Hughes left the home, the victim and another man followed in a car. Hughes turned down Burtram Drive, saw it was a dead-end, and turned around.  While Hughes was driving back up the street, his vehicle struck the victim. some witnesses reported the victim jumped out of the vehicle he was in and in front of Hughes’ car. Others said they saw Hughes swerve to purposely hit the man.