MEMPHIS, Tenn — The case has been dismissed against a Memphis man charged in a hit and run that left a woman dead and a man seriously injured in March 2021.
The man was originally arrested and booked Aug. 23, 2023, and faced several charges, including vehicular homicide, aggravated assault, leaving the scene of an accident, and more. The case was dismissed Oct. 6, according to court records, due to 'no probable cause.'
According to the Memphis Police affidavit, he was behind the wheel of a white 2012 Infiniti FX37 which struck and killed 52-year-old Michelle Ray about 7:15 p.m. on March 3, 2021, along Jackson Ave. A 57-year-old man was critically injured in the crash and spent more than a month in the hospital.
The affidavit said the two victims were leaving El Burrito in the 4000 block of Jackson Ave. at Brighton Rd. in the Nutbush area. Police said the two were crossing Jackson Ave. when they were hit by the Infiniti speeding down the street. According to the affidavit, a witness told investigators the driver sped through the intersection and kept going, never stopping to see what happened.
According to the affidavit, the man who was charged had taken the Infiniti to a friend’s home asking him if he could leave it for a few days, and the friend told investigators the car had front end damage and possibly blood on the windshield. The affidavit said when the friend told the man police were at his home investigating the deadly crash, the man told him, “he wasn’t doing anything because it wasn’t him.”
According to the affidavit, the man had a felony warrant at the time from a petition to revoke a suspended sentence. According to court records, that case was dismissed Nov. 8.
