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Wreck Leads To Manhunt; Car Flips Onto Tombstone With Owner’s Name
June 6, 2010
An early Sunday morning rollover accident in Century led to a manhunt. And it created it eerie scene as flipped car landed next to a tombstone with the vehicle owner’s name.
The accident happened about 1 a.m. on Fannie Road at the Happy Valley Church Cemetery. The car left the roadway and flipped several times in the cemetery, destroying numerous tombstones. The vehicle came to rest on its side in the graveyard. Speed is believed to have contributed to the accident.
The driver had fled the scene by the time the first emergency workers arrived on scene. The Flomaton Police Department contacted the vehicle’s registered owner and transported the teen to the scene. She told officers that her keys and the vehicle were taken sometime prior to the accident. She told officers that she did not know who was driving the vehicle.
Officers on the scene believed that evidence indicated who was the driver. Acting on the information that the vehicle had been stolen, deputies called for a K-9 unit from the Century Correctional Institution. After searching the area for nearly an hour, K-9 officers were unable to locate the driver. Authorities on scene believed a passing vehicle may have picked him up shortly after the wreck. The search was called off about 2:50 a.m.
The wrecked vehicle in the cemetery presented a pictured that several emergency workers called “eerie”. The vehicle landed on it side next to a portion of a tombstone that said “Boutwell”. The teen owner of the vehicle has the last name Boutwell, according to authorities at the scene.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Century Correctional Institution’s K-9 unit, Escambia County EMS, Century Station of Escambia Fire Rescue and the Florida Highway Patrol responded to the accident.
The accident is still under investigation by the FHP.
Pictured top: The driver of this vehicle fled the scene after rolling over into a graveyard early Sunday morning in Century. Pictured inset: The registered owner of the vehicle’s last name was Boutwell, and the car landed next to a portion of a tombstone with he name Boutwell. Pictured below: K-9 officers from the Century Correctional Institution being their search for the driver. NorthEscambia.com exclusive photos, click to enlarge.
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19 Responses to “Wreck Leads To Manhunt; Car Flips Onto Tombstone With Owner’s Name”
still, the concept of karma is similar to the idea of “as ye sow, so shall ye reap”
more like divine intervention, no such thing as karma, that’s hippie talk
crazy story. hope whoever did it is still alive and well………
What a creepy story the teen could have die if she was driving i mean don’t the tomestone give a sign
The Road is only as bad as the driver. Speed limits and weather conditions should dictate how we drive.
Not how late,sleepy,impaired,crazy,(ETC.) you are.
REGARDING:
“The car left the roadway and flipped several times in the cemetery, . . . . Speed is believed to have contributed to the accident.”
Just maybe, could’ve contributed somewhat to the accident?
I grow more and more convinced that there are no dangerous roads, just dangerous speeds to drive-or flip-on them.
failing that:
Green’s Monuments–in Bluff Springs
Weaver’s Monuments–in Flomaton
Jay Monuments — in Jay
(there’s others but I’m gonna ignore them)
Monuments erected and re-erected
For your information Man-man didn’t have anything to do with this
Yea, right she doesnt know who was driving the car… They all say that!!
WOW! That is pretty creepy, but since the law enforcement has not yet got this person who was driving this vehichle; it could have been a man or woman. Since also stated from the owner of the vehicle that she did not know who was driving her vehicle. I do hope they catch the person is this is a car theft situation, but I do also hope that the person is ok…
Yeahhh, that’s freaky on the owner’s part! She’s going through bad times but maybe this isn’t some sort of sign.
Pure coincidence, divine retribution or bad karma? You decide.
what a coincidence
CREEPY!!
driving someones car without permission is against the law!!!!
this dude probably has outstanding warrants anyway!!!!
man man should wake up!!!!!! maybe he will soon lurn a lesson!!!!
It has happened before, the road is very bad there and often has water standing (although not much) on the road , its very curvy and easy to go off the road. Its a dangerous spot
Freaky, coincindental…. however it would have been much cooler if the gravestone would have had the driver’s name who stole the car on it.
However, it sounds as if he’ll be next to one with his name on it soon enough.
wow!!!!! cool blood hound!!!!!!!!!!!!
yep, its bizzare