A Penn Township man charged with intentionally striking a young bicyclist during a road rage incident on a Mount Joy Borough street will have his case proceed to county court after waiving his preliminary hearing.

Richard K. Parmer, of the 400 block of Thrush Drive, waived his preliminary hearing before Judge Michael Hess on March 16 on one count each of recklessly endangering another person and reckless driving.

Parmer, 64, is accused of striking the juvenile victim with his vehicle in the 100 block of North Market Street in Mount Joy Borough the afternoon of Feb. 18.

Two videos taken by the victim showed Parmer, driving an SUV, honking his horn at the victim while approaching him from behind before striking him around 3 p.m.

Nearby surveillance footage showed a different angle of the crash in which Parmer could first be seen attempting to use his vehicle in order to block the victim’s path. Parmer could then be seen on the video striking the victim from behind despite having adequate time to stop, endangering the victim who did not have room to maneuver away from a collision.

The victim’s mother called police minutes later, telling them that the road rage incident had started near the 500 block of West Main Street and continued through Mount Joy Borough.

Though Parmer admitted to police to having taken part in a road rage incident he initially denied ever striking the victim. In a second interview with police Parmer said he “would have never struck the kid if the kid had stayed in his lane” and claimed that the victim was purposefully attempting to upset him both before and after the collision.

Parmer is currently free after having been released on his own recognizance.

Mount Joy Borough Police Officer Nicholas Goss filed the charges.

Assistant District Attorney Fritz Haverstick will prosecute the case.

All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.