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July 15, 2011

Hit-and-run suspect to victim: ‘My bad’

Mark Schlachtenhaufen The Edmond Sun

EDMOND — A motorist struck a pedestrian, rolled down the window said “My bad” and drove off leaving the victim in the street, police said.

Glynda Chu, spokeswoman for the Edmond Police Department, said she wants to remind citizens that anytime a driver is involved in a collision they are to stop, exchange information and call police if someone is injured.

“Never drive off leaving them injured in the street,” Chu said.

On the afternoon of July 8 Edmond Police Officer Danny Austill responded to a collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian in the 1700 block of South Broadway, according to a report filed by Austill. It was released Thursday.

A witness said she saw a collision involving a black Cadillac and a female who was attempting to cross a driveway, police said.

The witness saw the Cadillac traveling westbound through the parking lot when she observed it being “gunned,” accelerated rapidly, police said. The witness said she thought the driver was trying to beat the northbound traffic approaching the driveway at the time of the collision.

Afterwards, the Cadillac drove northbound on Broadway without stopping to help, police said.

Police said the officer interviewed the victim who said after the Cadillac struck her the driver rolled down the window and said, “Oops, my bad” before leaving the scene.

The victim, a 34-year-old Edmond woman, was able to give police the personalized tag number of the suspect’s car and she described a unique feature of the license plate, police said. A witness gave a similar story and said there was no doubt in his mind that the driver of the car knew they had collided with a person, police said.

Officers were unable to locate the Cadillac in the area, police said. Dispatch checked the tag number and it checked back to an address in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City officers located the Cadillac, which was occupied, and remained with it until Officer Austill arrived, police said.

The manager of a business in Edmond loaned his vehicle to an employee during her lunch hour, police said. He identified the employee as Lashydrea Chalon Rucker, 25, of Oklahoma City. When she returned to the business, she described the incident, police said.

Using information from the manager, a possible address for the suspect was found to be 3136 N. 34th St. in Oklahoma City, police said. Police spoke to the suspect’s mother who called her on the telephone. The suspect then agreed to come speak with police at the Edmond Police Department.

Police said the suspect claimed the victim told her she was injured, but said she was going to be OK and that’s why she left the scene. After confirming the victim was injured by the suspect, she was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident causing a nonfatal injury.  

Formal charges had not yet been filed and there was no record for the suspect at the county jail.



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