Friday, April 26, 2019

Driver Surrenders in Briarwood Hit & Run

JPD tweeted the following statement:



22 comments:

Anonymous said...

My it took you awhile to post anything on tthis sad case. You must know that there is more to this case than we see and hear. I’ve picked up on tidbits here and there. The whole case sounds bizarre and sketchy. Would love some holes to be filled in and/or exposed. Let’s hope the real truth is told as to what happened. Zach was a decent hardworking young man. Why did it take so long for Guy to come forward? Why is there no record of him on social media? It’s like his history has been erased. Can anyone explain? No one should be covering up anything.

Anonymous said...

My it took you awhile to post anything on tthis sad case.

Yet you've NEVER starting your own competing outlet. SHUT UP.

Anonymous said...

So sad :(

I imagine he didn't come forward because he left the scene and was scared and ashamed? Who knows.

Terrible loss for the Spell family.

Anonymous said...

@10:21 stick to what you know... you don’t know anything about the people posting on here. He/she does have valid points.

Anonymous said...

@ 9:58 -- He is on facebook... Look up Aaron Wright instead of Guy..

Anonymous said...

2:30 AM? I'm sorry but...

PittPanther said...

Scared and ashamed? Please! He left the scene because he was drunk. By staying away, police cannot prove he was intoxicated, so the only charge will be leaving the scene, not DUI and vehicular homicide.

Make note people. If you're drunk or high, flee the scene and turn yourself in after your system is clean.

Anonymous said...

Why has vehicular homicide not been added as a charge? I’m no law expert. Just wondering if there is a reason it’s been left off.

Anonymous said...

I used to live in that neighborhood. Seems like a strange time and place for them to be. Did they know each other?

Anonymous said...

The pedestrian was walking from the Hideaway to Whataburger.

Anonymous said...

"Why has vehicular homicide not been added as a charge? I’m no law expert. Just wondering if there is a reason it’s been left off."

You reckon maybe because there no evidence of guilt? Sorta like there's no evidence upon which to base that stupid assed post of Pitty Pander.

Plain ol' Catfish said...

"The pedestrian was walking from the Hideaway to Whataburger"

Now I live in that area, right off Briarwood and Ridgewood - and that is a long ways to go from the Hideaway to Whataburger? Because if he wanted a late night burger - he could have went to Burger King on Old Canton Court?

The Hideaway to Whataburger is a long dangerous walk - especially along Frontage Road that late at night.

TheClintonscantsuicideusall said...

"Felony leaving the scene of an accident", if memory serves, includes provision for resulting in death. This will play strongly into his conviction IF the DA's office does it's job correctly. I will add he at least surrendered. Now insurance and civil suit will occur.

Anonymous said...

This will play strongly into his conviction IF the DA's office does it's job correctly.

Oh, wait....

Anonymous said...

8:27 - You left out the part about how easy it will be to show that a small man wearing dark clothing on an unlit street at 2:00 am, can't be seen by approaching traffic. You are sentenced to repeat accident-reconstruction 101.

Anonymous said...

The pedestrian was 6’3” and a big man. Pretty easy to see.

Anonymous said...

He was going to meet friends at Whataburger. I know it is nuts to be walking on I-55 N frontage road at 2:00am for multiple reasons but when you are young you think you are bulletproof

Anonymous said...

4:38/5:43 Don't care how 'big' or 'young/bulletproof' you think they are... they're just damn stupid to be ANYWHERE walking... OR DRIVING at 2:30AM... Lack of intellectual/parental training!

Anonymous said...

"The pedestrian was 6’3” and a big man. Pretty easy to see."

Obviously not! And as long as we're assuming that alcohol was involved, let's throw out the the possibility that the pedestrian was inebriated, stumbling along and stepped into traffic in the dark. He could have also been prone, when struck. Then he would have only been ten inches tall.

Anonymous said...

I believe the police report stated that there was possible damage to the driver side of car. That means he was not prone. The bumper is much higher than 10 inches. Even if he was kneeling, the driver must have either swerved for some reason to hit Zach or aimed at him, whether he was standing, kneeling, or sitting. This action could’ve happened due to inebriation, texting, sleeping, etc. Either way, the driver struck a pedestrian and he died.

Anonymous said...

Or the car (not the driver) could have struck a deceased, former pedestrian. The Jackson police 'assumed' the vehicle might have damage to the driver's side based on the location of the body. They also assumed the deceased was standing when struck. But, they had no proof of that when the assumption was aired. Let's wait until someone 'competent' actually completes an investigation and reconstruction.

Since the assumptions at 12:31 are pretty damned wild, let's hope that poster is never on a jury or accident reconstruction team. i.e. 'swerved to hit', 'aimed at', inebriation, texting, sleeping, and the all-encompasinig 'etc'. About all you left out is the possibility that the deceased was accompanied by a really angry female who pushed him into the path of the car and ran away into the darkness. Let's be complete here, as long as we're fabricating possibilities.

Anonymous said...

I have seen people in dark clothing walking along the road in the road late at night and its not until I pass them that I see them. Please if you are walking in the middle of the night do not assume people can see you especially in dark colors



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