A tow truck driver from Davenport has been slapped with several charges following an incident where he struck and injured pedestrian, causing severe injuries, according to police reports.
52-year-old Granvell Kelly Ramey found himself behind bars at the Scott County Jail on a Tuesday, facing a litany of charges including serious injury by vehicle, a Class D felony that could see him serving up to five years in jail; leaving the scene of an accident with serious injury, another Class D felony; and obstruction of prosecution or defense, an aggravated misdemeanor with a potential two-year sentence.
In addition to these charges, Ramey was ticketed for a series of traffic violations, including reckless driving, not wearing a seatbelt, ignoring five stop signs, improper lane usage, incorrect turning at intersections, not yielding to a pedestrian, and using his phone while driving.
He is scheduled for a video arraignment in Scott County Court on Wednesday morning.
The arrest affidavit provides more details:
At 7:34 a.m. on March 13, Davenport police were called to the scene of a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Rockingham Road and South Concord Street, where a pedestrian was hit. Surveillance footage from a local business helped identify the vehicle involved, a 2016 Freightliner M2 106 Medium Tow Truck, which was later located in a nearby tow yard.
Ramey, confirmed to be the driver by co-workers and the surveillance video, confessed to driving the tow truck at the time of the incident. The pedestrian, who was legally crossing Rockingham Road at a crosswalk, sustained severe injuries, including fractures to her right femur, pelvis, and ribs.
Furthermore, video evidence captured Ramey using his phone to text just before the collision and showed him fleeing the scene post-accident. Investigations also revealed that he deleted text messages and call logs from his phone following the incident.
