[From behind the paywall of the Los Angeles Times.]A 26-year-old Utah man was charged Tuesday in the hit-and-run death of a Dallas man riding a rented electric scooter in Hollywood, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Jared Walter Anderson of Enoch, Utah, drove his pickup early Saturday through the busy interaction of Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard, not stopping for oncoming traffic, prosecutors said.
He struck Evan Dyer Faram, 31, of Dallas, who was riding a scooter in the crosswalk on Vine. Anderson then ran over Faram while fleeing police, according to the district attorney’s office.
Afterward, Anderson allegedly drove against traffic and didn’t stop at signals or stop lights, finally crashing his pickup in a residential area, where he was arrested, prosecutors said.
A police sergeant reportedly saw Anderson’s truck hit Faram, back up, roll the victim over and flee the scene, KABC7 reported. Faram died at a hospital.
Anderson is alleged to have a prior DUI conviction in Utah, according to the district attorney’s office.
Prosecutors charged Anderson with one felony count each of murder, vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit-and-run driving resulting in death to another person with allegations of causing great bodily injury, and fleeing a pursuing peace officer's motor vehicle causing death. He faces a possible maximum sentence of 11 years, plus 15 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors requested that bail be set at $2 million. The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.
City News Service contributed to this report.
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here
Locals only, please; you out-of-state losers can't drive for shit.
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This is just another case of a dangerous motorist with a prior DUI being able to continue driving his 3000lb weapon until that motorist kills someone. This is the true cost of this evil country's addictive, deadly, diseased obsession with the automobile. Fully 25% of all traffic violence are hit and run's. That means if you are standing in a group of people, every fourth person is likely to drive away after killing or injuring another road user with their "Freedom Machine". This is America, "if the gunz don't get you, the cars will".
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