Potential sentence for hit-and-run Amazon driver who rolled over Baltimore woman drops from 40 years to less than 3
The hit-and-run Ring doorbell footage is just really hard to watch. At around 9:30 pm on February 18, a Baltimore stop light turns green. A 26-year-old Amazon driver sitting at the light makes his way through the crosswalk on East Pratt.
Oddly, though, he almost immediately strikes and then slowly drags a screaming 29-year-old pedestrian many feet before pausing. Shockingly, instead of parking and getting out, he moves the van forward again. The driver maneuvers the van’s back wheels over the victim as she cries out. While she lies in the intersection after, the driver exits the vehicle and walks over to the victim. After leaning over her, he gets back in the delivery van and drives off.
The victim told police that the hit-and-run driver asked her how she managed to get struck before leaving
She told authorities she felt the van roll over her head and then her body. The pedestrian is now recovering from five fractured vertebrae and nine broken ribs. She also needed stitches in her left leg.
Later, officials determined the van’s tag number and confirmed the driver’s identity with Amazon. They arrested the suspect. Less than a week later, however, the driver is back at home.
Original charges included felonious assault, but a judge dropped two charges
The Baltimore City State’s Attorney reviewing the driver’s bail review said that a variety of factors led them to reduce charges and release the accused without setting bail.
Mainly, they felt that the court commissioner overcharged the hit-and-run suspect. The judge determined that evidence of the event did not appear to reflect intent.
“While the event was sensational, there doesn’t appear to be any maliciousness in the strike,” CNY Central shared. The judge dropped the assault charges.
The driver still faces a litany of accusations, including Reckless Driving, Negligent Driving, Failure to Remain at Scene after Bodily Injury Accident, Failure to Return to Scene after Bodily Injury Accident, Failure to Stop and Render Aid after Bodily Injury Accident, and Failure to Immediately Report the Accident to Police.
The suspect can’t operate a motor vehicle or contact the victim as conditions of his release.
All told the charges can result in somewhere under three years of prison time. The original assault charges would have upped the prison term to 40 years.
