The Greene County Prosecuting Attorney's office filed manslaughter charges Monday against a Carthage man who was allegedly driving 98 miles per hour in a 40 mile per hour zone when his car struck another vehicle and killed the driver.
The accident that killed Rita Deckard, 57, Marshfield, is described in the probable cause affidavit:
On December 3, 2022, at approximately 1518 hours a two-vehicle crash was reported at N. Glenstone Avenue and the eastbound ramps of I-44 in the city of Springfield, Missouri. The crash was called in by multiple 911 callers. N. Glenstone at this location is posted 40 miles per hour. The intersection is controlled by a traffic signal which at the time of the crash was green for traffic on N. Glenstone Avenue and a flashing yellow arrow for traffic turning left from southbound on N. Glenstone Avenue to the eastbound ramp of I-44.
Alan G. Jones was driving a Tesla Model 3 northbound on N. Glenstone Avenue and passed a 40 MPH speed limit sign 0.58 miles prior to the crash.
R. D. was making a left turn from southbound on N. Glenstone Avenue to eastbound on I-44. R. D. sustained fatal injuries as a result of crash and was pronounced dead on scene.
It was determined through investigation the Tesla attained a speed of as much as 98 miles per hour in the five seconds prior to the crash and was traveling at 94 miles per hour at the time of the crash event. The first recorded braking was at 0.6 seconds prior to the crash event.
Both vehicles ran off the right side of the roadway before coming to a stop.
The passenger in the Tesla, H. R. sustained the following injuries as a result of the crash:
-Broken right collar bone
-Broken left radius and ulna
-Compression fracture of L3
-Chance fracture at L1
H. R. underwent two surgeries to stabilize her left forearm and one to stabilize her lumbar spine.
The crash occurred during daytime hours with moderate traffic and pedestrians walking in the immediate vicinity of the crash.
After the crash and while still on scene but prior to Jones and H. R. being transported to the hospital a media drive was removed from the Tesla's glove box. The media drive is where Tesla vehicles store video from the dash camera and sentry system for users to access.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the media drive was not turned over to the Springfield Police Department until December 12 until the department requested it from Jones' attorney.
A $10,000 open court only bond has been set for Jones with conditions that he be placed on home supervision with the use of a GPS monitoring device and can only leave to travel directly to and from meetings with his attorney, medical appointments and to the grocery store nearest his home.
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