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Foster to appear in court today
Published Tuesday, July 29, 2008
VIDALIA — The man allegedly implicated in a late May vehicular fatality will appear in court today.
Dusty G. Foster, 26, of 17 Front St., Natchez, is scheduled for arraignment on charges of DWI (first offense), hit-and-run and vehicular homicide in Seventh Judicial District Court this morning.
The charges against Foster are in relation to the May 31 death of 26-year-old Kevin Mitchell.
Arraignment is the legal procedure in which the defendant enters a plea of “guilty” or “not guilty” before the court.
According to Louisiana State Police reports at the time of the accident, Mitchell was laying in the eastbound lanes of U.S. 84 when the 2006 Ford Taurus Foster was allegedly driving struck him.
Mitchell was reportedly lying in the road because the Kawasaki motorcycle he was riding had just been involved in a different accident.
The accident occurred at approximately midnight at milepost 178.5 on U.S. 84, near Airport Road.
After allegedly fleeing the scene, Foster was later arrested by the Louisiana State Police. Along with the passenger in the vehicle with him, Foster was uninjured, reports said.
Mitchell was pronounced dead at the scene by the Concordia Parish Coroner’s Office. Mitchell’s death was the 21st traffic fatality Louisiana State Police Troop “E” investigated in 2008, and was the second one involving a motorcycle.
Comments
Posted by oldschool (anonymous) on July 30, 2008 at 6:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
WOW!! He should not have left the scene! This a shut and closed case now GUILTY!
Posted by sayitloud (anonymous) on July 30, 2008 at 8 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Whether he was scared or not, which will prob be why he left the scene, you never leave the scene when you have KILLED someone...accident or not it don't look good,
Posted by lookingout (anonymous) on July 30, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
how do they know it a dwi they didnt catch him till later
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on July 30, 2008 at 9:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Good question lookingout. He might have went home and started drinking being scared...I don't know...
Posted by Krogers (anonymous) on July 30, 2008 at 4:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
they must have caught him not long after midnight and can calculate his blood alcohol level along a timeline, that plus he probably told them he had been drinking, thinking telling the truth would help him out.
I ride motorcycles and I hope that if anyone kills me they will stop and at least drag me off the road
I NEVER ride my motorcycle after drinking and do not like riding late at night when drunks are more likely to be out and run over me
I feel a little prejudiced against this guy, being a motorcycle enthusiast, and hope he gets the max punishment. If you see someone laying in the road, you do NOT run over them. You stop and lend assistance at least, GOD may forgive him for not rendering aid, but I do not.
Posted by lookingout (anonymous) on July 30, 2008 at 5:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
he may not have saw the guy it was dark noone knows the situation.......
Posted by barely40 (anonymous) on July 31, 2008 at 7:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't know either party,but I do know you can't see the roads well at night on that highway.In my attempt to empathize, I am aware and have experienced the 'flight or fight syndrome' you feel with panic.None of us know what would go through our minds if this happened to us.How would you plan a reaction?? I pray for all involved.You never know what may come to you or yours today.
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