Leave a Man to Die by the Side of the Road...Go Scot Free?

Many are confused about why Christina Marie Carroll was arrested last fall. We will try to make this as simple as possible:

1. She was not arrested for speeding.
2. She was not arrested for texting while driving.
3. She was not arrested due to having no valid driver's license.
4. She was not arrested for DUI.
5. She was not arrested for hitting what is considered a pedestrian.

She WAS arrested because she hit a 200# man in a 500# motorized wheelchair, drove off leaving him to die by the side of the road, and waited three days to turn herself in after reading that her vehicle had basically been identified.  

"Oh, officer, I realized I hit something weighing 700#, but I thought it was a bunny."

Now a Lauderdale County grand jury has failed to indict the 27 year-old Carroll. The aspiring model's victim has no family in Lauderdale County; in fact, he has no family in the state of Alabama. Who was an advocate for Kevin Allen Doherty? 

Do we blame Carroll for hitting Mr. Doherty? No. We do hold her accountable for leaving him to die by the side of the road...

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A similar hit and run occurred a few weeks ago in Leighton. A Cherokee man hit a pedestrian and left the scene not once, but twice. He did return the same day (at his family's urging). What will a Colbert County grand jury say about this case?

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And in Red Bay, a bicyclist was killed this past weekend. If you have any information about this hit and run, call the Red Bay police. As with Carroll, you know the driver knew that he/she had hit something and chose to flee. 

Everyone makes mistakes...but not everyone chooses to leave them uncorrected.

Christina Marie Carroll - All the Glamour is External

In August 2009, Christina Marie Carroll was living with her mother on Lingerlost Lane in Killen when state troopers charged her with unlawful possession of a controlled substance and driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Two of Carroll's former classmates at Brooks High School have contacted us to say the admitted killer of Kevin Allan Doherty was no stranger to drugs when they knew her. Yes, one may count such stories as apocryphal, but they do seem to fit in with Carroll's track record.

Self-Professed Glamour Model

Since the Friday night hit-and-run, Florence detectives had narrowed down the sought after light colored SUV to a Ford Freestyle. It was just matter of time until all such vehicles in the area were checked for front end damage; Christina Carroll, 27, then turned herself in. Her attorney Tim Case was quoted as saying: “It is a horrible car accident and once (Carroll) tells her side it will be clear that, although it will still be tragic, it was an accident.”

We doubt that most people think the collision was anything more than accidental. If that's the best Case could come up with, we suggest Carroll seeks out Billy Underwood as soon as he comes back from his vacation. 

While the collision may have been accidental, Christina Marie Carroll's fleeing the scene wasn't. We've heard of drivers being so shocked by such incidents that they drive around the block before coming back to check on victims, but four days? We're inferring that neither sound judgment nor moral behavior is known to Carroll.

Carroll's bail was set at $2,500.00 - we assume because a judge didn't think the mother of two now living in the Happy Hollow area would be a flight risk. We may safely assume Christina Carroll is tonight safely at home with her two children. Kevin Allan Doherty is still dead.

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