What the Hell is wrong with these kids?
The one hit was one of the little one's best friends.
At least the cops are throwing the book at the jerk. I hope the Prosecutor adds charges of attempted manslaughter. The little asshole should get his drivers licence suspended for at least ten years in my opinion.
Too Bad there is no crime to charge the riders also.
A 15-year-old female student who was in the car had a negative tone when she told police, "Every day, the middle school students are walking in the middle of the road!" the report said.
"She said that (the 16-year-old) drove up and tapped the horn, and then the pedestrian turned and raised up his hands," the report said. "Then (he) drove on and hit one student as all four occupants in the car laughed."
In case the link goes away (From the Shelbyville [IN] News):
A 16-year-old Shelbyville High School student has been charged with a felony after he allegedly mowed down a 13-year-old middle school student Monday afternoon with his car - which broke the boy's leg in two places - and then fled the scene.
Because both boys are juveniles, their names are not being released.
The incident happened in the Clearview subdivision at 2:56 p.m. after school had let out. According to the police report, the high school student was driving a passenger car on Premier Street, with three other youths in the vehicle, when he came upon a group of students walking in the road. The street has no sidewalks.
One witness told police that the car rushed toward the group. "(The witness) said everyone moved out of the way by moving to the right, with most of the students walking in the grass or on the curb, with (the 13-year-old) walking about three feet from the curb," the report said.
The car got right up on the 13-year-old, but he didn't move any farther to the right because there were no other cars in sight anywhere, and there was plenty of room for the car to go around, the witness said.
A 15-year-old female student who was in the car had a negative tone when she told police, "Every day, the middle school students are walking in the middle of the road!" the report said.
"She seemed to imply that if the middle school students get hit by a car, it is their fault," said Shelbyville police officer Michael McCracken's report.
"She said that (the 16-year-old) drove up and tapped the horn, and then the pedestrian turned and raised up his hands," the report said. "Then (he) drove on and hit one student as all four occupants in the car laughed."
A 14-year-old male witness said that the driver got right behind the 13-year-old, revved up his engine and blasted the horn. The witness said that the driver hit the boy with the right front of his car, knocking him to the ground. Then, the car drove two driveways farther south, dropped off the female passenger, backed out and drove past the group quickly.
The victim was rolling back and forth, screaming at times with pain, a 13-year-old female witness told police.
Minutes later, Shelbyville police pulled over the driver on South Harrison Street as he was turning onto Van Street. The boy told police that he had just dropped off a friend in Clearview. He admitted to hitting the 13-year-old.
"I asked (the driver) why he did not stop when he hit the kid," patrolman Shawn Bennett wrote in his report. "He said he saw the kid rolling around in the road but thought he was playing."
McCracken said he arrived at Premier Street just after the paramedics who said the victim had "considerable pain and swelling already."
Both the tibia and fibia bones of the victim's lower right leg were broken, McCracken said. The boy was treated at Major Hospital's emergency room and was scheduled to meet with an orthopedic surgeon. He may have to have surgery, said Shelbyville Police Chief Bill Elliott.
"The most disturbing facts are witnesses testified this was intentional and not an accident, and immediately afterward (the driver) and his passengers laughed," McCracken said. "(The driver) stated to officer Bennett that he said to one of his passengers, 'He should have got out of my way.'"
The driver was charged with criminal recklessness, a Class D felony, and leaving the scene of a serious personal injury accident, which was not classified on the report. He was also charged with a probationary license violation for having three passengers in the car. Blood and urine specimens were taken.
The 16-year-old was transported to the Johnson County Juvenile Detention Center in Franklin on Monday. Elliott said a judge released him on Tuesday, but no further information could be gathered from officials at the center since the boy is a juvenile.
There was no answer at the home of the victim's parents Tuesday night.
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