Leaving the scene of an accident

Published: Oct. 26, 2005 at 11:56 PM CDT|Updated: Sep. 6, 2006 at 5:05 PM CDT
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You're involved in a car crash. The other person is injured.

What do you do?

Call the police? Help the victim?

Well there's one thing you don't do. That's leave the scene.

A motorcycle was travelling west.

A car was heading south.

A red light not heeded.

An accident followed at the intersection of Governor's Drive and Memorial Parkway.

The woman riding the motorcycle lost her right leg from the injuries.

The man in the car she hit took off.

What happened was obviously a tragedy.

But there's an ironic twist.

Huntsville Police say the victim on the motorcycle is the one who ran the red light, causing the collision.

They say the man in the car would have been cleared in the case.

We say "would have" because leaving the scene of an accident is a crime.

Huntsville Police say the man is a Caucasian with large hair.

They say the vehicle he was driving has been described as possibly a 1998-2000 Ford Taurus, possibly red in color.

Or possibly a 1998-2000 Mercury Sable.

There's up to a thousand dollars waiting for you if you can lead police to the suspect.

Just call 53-CRIME.

It's quick. It's easy. And you don't have to give your name.

Calvin McDonald Hutchins allegedly used someone else's name to make a profit.

He's wanted by Huntsville Police for breaking into a house, stealing a checkbook and forging several of those checks.

Nakeesha Lorisa Malone didn't use a checkbook to injure her victim. She used a brick.

Huntsville Police are looking for her after she allegedly hit another person on the head with a brick, causing a severe head injury.

And we want to thank some of the businesses that make Crime Stoppers work: Lamar Outdoors, Wachovia Bank and Kroger.