MEMPHIS, Tenn — A Greenwood, Mississippi, man is facing several charges after police said he struck four people – two of them children - who were walking in Hickory Hill.
MPD officers responded to the hit-and-run crash about 4 p.m. Sunday, July 9, 2023, at Ridgeway Rd. near Village Grove Dr. Police originally reported three hurt, a woman who was taken to Regional One Hospital in critical condition and two children taken to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in non-critical. According to the court affidavit, four people were struck.
Officers said the driver of a blue SUV took off from the scene.
According to the court affidavit, officers located the driver of the suspect vehicle, Khattabi Dardour, walking on Ridgeway near Winchester. They reported he smelled like intoxicants and had glassy eyes and slurred speech, so they detained him.
The affidavit said Dardour told officers he was pulling out of a private drive onto Ridgeway Rd when he hit the four people in the turning lane, saying “they came out of nowhere.” According to the affidavit, he said he left the scene because one of the four were threatening him. Police also said Dardour told them he had about seven beers before the crash, according to the affidavit.
The affidavit said Dardour failed a field sobriety test and was arrested. He was taken to Regional One Hospital to be treated for a cut between his eyes.
Officers said they found his SUV in a nearby parking lot.
Dardour is now charged with DUI, public intoxication, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and financial responsibility, all misdemeanors according to court records. He is currently out of jail on $2,500 bond.