MEMPHIS, Tenn — A Greenwood, Mississippi, man has pleaded guilty to charges in a July 2023 which injured four people – two of them children - who were walking in Hickory Hill.
According to court records, Khattabi Dardour pleaded guilty to DUI and leaving the scene of an accident involving injury. He was sentenced to one year, which was suspended. He is on probation for one year, and court records show he must complete alcohol safety course, community service, victim impact restitution, and he will have a restricted license and interlock device placed on his car.
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, 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.