State’s Attorney Won’t Prosecute Tesla Driver Charged With ‘Hitting’ Crossing Guard In Glen Burnie

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GLEN BURNIE, Md. (WJZ) — After a reappraisal of assorted footage of the incident, the Anne Arundel State’s Attorney’s Office volition not prosecute a operator accused of striking a crossing guard and driving distant successful Glen Burnie past week.

Police said 32-year-old Joe Hernandez assaulted a schoolhouse crossing defender by intentionally hitting her with his bluish Tesla. He was arrested and charged with seven violations — including reckless driving, negligent driving and nonaccomplishment to render assistance to an injured person.

Based connected the footage reviewed, State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess says determination is nary grounds to prosecute immoderate of the charges. She said successful a connection that portion determination is grounds interaction was made betwixt the car and the guard, it wasn’t the effect of a “reckless oregon intentional act.”

Leitess said it appears the operator was straightening his instrumentality and attempting to backmost retired of the crosswalk erstwhile the interaction happened, and determination was “no denotation helium failed to obey a postulation power device.”

An serviceman connected the country saw Hernandez and the defender reason astir what had happened aft the contact, which reportedly indicated to the serviceman that determination was “unlawful carnal contact.”

Leitess said that “there is yet nary grounds that the operator was told to propulsion implicit oregon that helium was different enactment connected announcement that the crossing defender had suffered immoderate bodily injury.”

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Because the interaction was not intentional oregon reckless, Leitess said, the bureau has decided to participate each charges “Nolle Prosequi,” oregon “unwilling to pursue.”