Venus Williams, who was anxiously waiting for the results of a fatal road accident investigation with her participation, can breathe a sigh of relief. The tennis player was found not guilty of the accident.
Car crash last summer
July 9, 2016 in Florida, an off-road car, behind the wheel of which was a five-time winner of the Wimbledon tournament, 37-year-old Venus Williams, collided with a car. The famous sportswoman has not suffered, which can not be said about the passenger of another vehicle. 78-year-old Jerome Barson with serious head injuries was taken to the hospital, where two weeks after the incident, he died.
The accident occurred at the crossroads and during the preliminary investigation on the spot, not particularly getting into details, the cops decided - Venus was guilty of an accident, which caused the relatives of the deceased pensioner to go to court, demanding for Williams a criminal penalty.
I'm not guilty!
The police department of the town of Palm Beach Gardens, where the accident occurred, voiced the final result of his inquiry into this delicate matter, justifying Venus. According to the report, Williams at the time of the incident followed the rules of the road and did not violate them, so the charges in the case of the death of Jerome Barson, she will not be presented.
It is reported that to establish the truth, experts helped the video from the scene of an accident. The tennis player drove into the intersection in accordance with the decaying traffic signal, but another car forced her to linger for a few seconds. At that moment the light at the traffic light changed and the car, at the wheel of which was the wife of the deceased, began to move, after which a fatal collision occurred.
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Relatives of Jerome Barson do not intend to give up and believe that the conclusions of the police are made under pressure and are not true.