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Driver who hit 12-year-old girl in D.C. charged with reckless driving [View all]
Driver who hit 12-year-old girl in D.C. charged with reckless driving
Earl Darryl Curtis, whose car has more than $20,000 in unpaid D.C. tickets, was initially given a citation for colliding with a pedestrian on Capitol Hill.
Deirdre Allen, left, with her 12-year-old daughter, Paisley Brodie, at their home in Navy Yard. (Moriah Ratner for The Washington Post)
By Rachel Weiner
September 21, 2024 at 11:21 a.m. EDT
A driver who hit a 12-year-old girl on Capitol Hill as she was leaving school earlier this month has been charged with reckless driving, a more serious offense than the one for which he was initially cited, police said Friday. … Earl Darryl Curtis, 58, of District Heights, Md., initially was issued a citation for colliding with a pedestrian on Sept. 9. The girl he hit, Paisley Brodie, had a fractured foot that left her unable to walk.
But after local outrage at the scores of D.C. traffic camera tickets and thousands of dollars in fines Curtis’s car had incurred, police said they were investigating the incident for more serious criminal charges. A warrant was submitted Friday to the D.C. attorney general’s office, which handles lower-level traffic related crimes, authorities said. … The citation for colliding with a pedestrian carries a maximum possible penalty of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. The new criminal charge carries a maximum possible penalty of 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Curtis said in an interview before the warrant was issued that it was Paisley who hit his Land Rover and left a “nick” on its side. But he acknowledged, as a witness to the crash had asserted, that he had gone through the crosswalk at a red light. … “We’re talking about a kid that could have very well ran into my car,” he said, then added, “and did.” The police officer who issued him the ticket, he said, “can’t even prove that I collided, ’cause he wasn’t there.”
At the time of the crash, the car Curtis was driving had incurred over $18,000 in unpaid D.C. traffic camera tickets, many for speeding or running through red lights in the past few months. As of Friday that number was $20,270, including one for going 16 to 20 miles over the speed limit the day Paisley was hit. … Curtis is also on probation in Maryland from an incident in Annapolis in March, when he was charged with failure to control his speed to avoid a collision. He said he was not at fault in that incident, either. The car he was driving that day, a Chevrolet Impala, has $3,240 in unpaid D.C. camera tickets.
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By Rachel Weiner
Rachel Weiner covers all methods of transportation in the D.C. area. follow on X @rachelweinerwp
Earl Darryl Curtis, whose car has more than $20,000 in unpaid D.C. tickets, was initially given a citation for colliding with a pedestrian on Capitol Hill.
Deirdre Allen, left, with her 12-year-old daughter, Paisley Brodie, at their home in Navy Yard. (Moriah Ratner for The Washington Post)
By Rachel Weiner
September 21, 2024 at 11:21 a.m. EDT
A driver who hit a 12-year-old girl on Capitol Hill as she was leaving school earlier this month has been charged with reckless driving, a more serious offense than the one for which he was initially cited, police said Friday. … Earl Darryl Curtis, 58, of District Heights, Md., initially was issued a citation for colliding with a pedestrian on Sept. 9. The girl he hit, Paisley Brodie, had a fractured foot that left her unable to walk.
But after local outrage at the scores of D.C. traffic camera tickets and thousands of dollars in fines Curtis’s car had incurred, police said they were investigating the incident for more serious criminal charges. A warrant was submitted Friday to the D.C. attorney general’s office, which handles lower-level traffic related crimes, authorities said. … The citation for colliding with a pedestrian carries a maximum possible penalty of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. The new criminal charge carries a maximum possible penalty of 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Curtis said in an interview before the warrant was issued that it was Paisley who hit his Land Rover and left a “nick” on its side. But he acknowledged, as a witness to the crash had asserted, that he had gone through the crosswalk at a red light. … “We’re talking about a kid that could have very well ran into my car,” he said, then added, “and did.” The police officer who issued him the ticket, he said, “can’t even prove that I collided, ’cause he wasn’t there.”
At the time of the crash, the car Curtis was driving had incurred over $18,000 in unpaid D.C. traffic camera tickets, many for speeding or running through red lights in the past few months. As of Friday that number was $20,270, including one for going 16 to 20 miles over the speed limit the day Paisley was hit. … Curtis is also on probation in Maryland from an incident in Annapolis in March, when he was charged with failure to control his speed to avoid a collision. He said he was not at fault in that incident, either. The car he was driving that day, a Chevrolet Impala, has $3,240 in unpaid D.C. camera tickets.
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By Rachel Weiner
Rachel Weiner covers all methods of transportation in the D.C. area. follow on X @rachelweinerwp
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