Woman ran over tow truck driver who helped get her pickup out of the mud, then left him to die: Police

A Florida pistillate was arrested successful transportation with a hit-and-run incidental that killed a antheral who was trying to assistance her.

Julia Blackwell, 21, was charged with leaving the country of a clang with decease aft constabulary said she fatally struck 59-year-old Ronald Bear with her pickup motortruck connected May 16. According to a transgression ailment reviewed by Law&Crime, Blackwell was with a radical of friends and called Bear for assistance getting her motortruck retired of a muddy ditch connected the broadside of a road aboriginal that morning. Bear arrived astatine the country with 2 relatives. Blackwell's metallic pickup was stuck and different achromatic pickup waited nearby.

One of the relatives said Bear attached a tow strap to the achromatic truck, which pulled the metallic motortruck retired of the mud. After Bear went to region the tow strap, Blackwell was down the instrumentality of the metallic motortruck and allegedly deed the gas, knocking Bear to the ground.

The witnesser told constabulary that portion Bear was inactive connected the ground, Blackwell allegedly backed implicit him. According to the complaint, Blackwell past drove distant and got stuck successful much mud.

Another witnesser told constabulary that helium was with Blackwell but did not spot her onslaught Bear. He told constabulary that helium heard Blackwell's rider yell, "You killed him." Blackwell past got retired of the metallic pickup, with the tow strap inactive attached to the front, and got into the achromatic pickup with her passenger, who drove them some distant from the scene.

According to the complaint, Blackwell went location to her mother's house, wherever she yet agreed to talk to constabulary connected Tuesday. Blackwell reportedly told constabulary that portion she was down the instrumentality of her truck, believing she was inactive stuck successful the mud, she heard a "banging sound" and thought determination was idiosyncratic successful beforehand of her truck. She past enactment the motortruck successful reverse, astatine which constituent she heard Bear "yelling" portion helium was connected the ground.

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Police responded to the country conscionable earlier 6 a.m. Bear had been pronounced dormant by aesculapian unit astir fractional an hr earlier.

Bear's household told CBS affiliate WKMG that helium was ever consenting to assistance people. They said they anticipation further charges volition beryllium filed successful transportation with Bear's death.

Blackwell is successful custody astatine the Orange County Jail, wherever she is being held connected $15,000 bond. Her adjacent tribunal day was not instantly available.