An 18-year-old Florida man, Jerrell Jones, will face a jury for his alleged crimes. But an eyewitness account from an Uber driver working late paints a disturbing picture. The report sounds like the vehicular equivalent of beating up a homeless man and assuming no one cares enough to report it.

We know Jones was driving his silver Dodge Dart just before midnight one Tuesday. His girlfriend and one of his friends were also in the car. An Uber driver waiting at a red light says she watched 33-year-old Anthony Fred Brown walk between her car and Jones’ sedan. She believes the man may have been asking for money.

Jones’ alleged response to the request? He turned the steering wheel to run the man over. He drove over Brown’s head, reversed, drove over his head a second time, and sped away.

Brown underwent surgery for a fractured skull and two brain bleeds. Medical staff say he suffers from an “altered mental status” and has been unable to communicate with Orange County sheriff’s deputies. But the Uber driver told investigators the entire story. Deputies pulled security footage of Jones’ car from a nearby store. They stopped him during a Sept. 30 traffic stop. As luck would have it, Jones, his girlfriend, and the same friend from the incident were all in the car during that stop two weeks later.

Jones claims he drove to Food Lotto and home again with his friends. He says he never saw the victim and had no involvement in the hit-and-run.

Jones’ passengers tell another story

His male buddy claims they were driving to McDonald’s. A man approached them at a red light and began yelling. This passenger says he conveniently blacked out at that moment and didn’t remember anything until he got home. Police say his phone logs tell a different story. On the way home he deleted his texts and searched “ways to cover up a hit n run.”

Jones’ girlfriend claims he honked, then drove forward and hit the man. She says Jones “did it” intentionally but adds Jones told her “I thought he had something.” She claims he backed up to see if he’d hit the man, not to run over his skull.

Detectives say they have probable cause for second-degree attempted murder. Jones continues to deny that the incident happened at all.