Drunk driving is something that I
personally can't stand. I am sure that some of you reading this has
done it in the past or may do it in the future. And you can go
straight to hell for doing it. Some think its cute like “Oh, my
god. I drove home so drunk one time. Thank god I wasn't pulled over!”
A few weeks ago an MMA fighter named Jordan Parsons was struck and
killed by someone as he crossed the street. There were no witnesses
to this but the driver never slowed down after hitting him. He was in
a hospital in critical condition before finally dying from his
injuries. He was just 25 years old.
Recently the man responsible for the
hit and run was found and arrested. He is 28 year old Dennis Wright
of Boca Raton. He has had his license suspended multiple times and it
was currently suspended when he struck and killed Parsons. He has
been arrested for DUI, six suspensions, disorderly conduct, and
marijuana possession, and failure to appear in court. In this current
situation is he being charged with among other things leaving the
scene of a crash and tampering with evidence. It is being reported
that the Range Rover driven by Wright was being followed by a friend
in a Mercedes which also did not stop traveling up to 120 mph.
Someone anonymously told detectives
that Wright's mother owned the car he was driving. Wright went to a
body shop to have the vehicle repaired and the owner would not do it.
He then hid the car in a storage facility he'd rented. His bond has
been set at $600,000. His attorney, Robert Resnick said “There are
a lot of facts that have not been established in this case.” Yeah.
I'm sure.
I am so glad that this guy was found
and reported. This could have easily been one of likely thousands of
stories of someone being hit by someone, drunk or not, and never
having it solved. When I first heard this story I believed that
whoever did it would not be found. This story stuck in the back of my
head because when I was little I was hit by a car and the driver sped
off. Thankfully Parsons' family, friends, fans, and supporters can
get some closer and this Wright guy is off the street and hopefully
never released. He struck and killed a guy and decided that he didn't
need to stop and help. His own fear and freedom was worth more than
another persons life. He could have stopped and called police. His friend, if he knew what happened, could have as well. Neither of them did. That's not even an okay thing.
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