Update on the Josh Myers Case
By Gail Myers
I spoke with the Anderson County DA’s office recently and the three arrest warrants for the other driver are still in the “active” file. They have decided not to extradite him back to Tennessee to face the charges of aggravated assault due to recklessness, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (the car), and driving on a revoked license. The reason I was given is that they (the police and the DA) do not feel like there is enough evidence for a jury to convict him and a defense lawyer could raise doubt in the jury’s mind as to the cause of the accident.
Josh's Car
The other driver was issued a new Tennessee driver’s license on January 3, 2002, which was only four days after causing the wreck involving my son. It has since been re-revoked for failure to establish financial responsibility for the crash involving Josh. He has moved to Maryland (threee months after the wreck) and applied for and was issued a Maryland driver’s license. I have been in contact with the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration and the Maryland State police to inform them of this man’s driving history. They have promised to investigate him further. I also contacted Gov. Phil Bredesen about the new Tennessee driver’s license being issued to this man in January 2002. He turned the case over to the Legal and the Financial Responsibility Departments. They have both been in contact with the authorities in Maryland, also, and will let me know if they find out anything pertaining to this case. I still have not gotten an explanation as to why they gave the license in the first place.
We have not given up hope that this man will be returned to Tennessee to accept responsibility for what he has done to Josh and our family. My biggest fear is that he will cause another wreck, only this time the victim might not be as lucky as Josh was. They might not survive!
Josh is still doing well, although he is having pain daily in his knee that was injured in the wreck. He is a freshman at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and loves being “on his own”.
(A previous article on the Josh Meyers case can be found here.)