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Atmore Man Indicted For Manslaughter After 2010 Flomaton Wreck
April 7, 2011
An Atmore man has been indicted for manslaughter for the traffic death of 19-year old Emmanuel Markay Rivers of Atmore last summer near Flomaton.
Cardarryl Delloyd Johnson faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Johnson was driving westbound on a straight stretch of Old Atmore Road about a half mile west of Tulip Street when he lost control and flipped the vehicle over about 3:30 a.m. on June 19, 2010.
Rivers, who state troopers said was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene. Johnson, then 21, and another passenger, Trenetra Zakiya White, 19, were transported by ambulance to Atmore Community Hospital in serious condition.
Johnson told authorities at the scene that he swerved to miss a deer. The Crown Victoria flipped twice before coming to rest on its roof, partially in the roadway.
Johnson is set for arraignment on the manslaughter charged in late May.
For a NorthEscambia.com photo gallery from the scene, click here.
Pictured above and below: Emmanuel Markay Rivers, 19, of Atmore, was pronounced dead at the scene of this single vehicle accident on Old Atmore Road near Flomaton about 3:30 a.m. on June 19, 2010. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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13 Responses to “Atmore Man Indicted For Manslaughter After 2010 Flomaton Wreck”
It’s Escambia County, they don’t arrest anybody hardly at all and when they do, they end up dropping the charges later on. The judge probably issued a summons for him to appear in court. It is illegal to release grand jury indictments until the indicted has been arrested or served. Surely they did notify him but then again nothing is ever done the right way in Escambia County.
He has yet to be arrested…..Why is that? He can’t be brought to justice until that happens.
“Johnson was driving westbound on a straight stretch of Old Atmore Road about a half mile west of Tulip Street when he lost control and flipped the vehicle over about 3:30 a.m. on June 19, 2010.”
So this is a lie? he was in the curve when he lost control? or did he end up at the curve?
also about the speculations of alcohol/drugs
aids victim on April 7th, 2011 10:27 pm
Keep ya head up man.. U kno u was wrong for wat u did. U knew u was to drunk to drive that car and u did anyway and cost ur friends his life. Now u gotta face the consequences. I hope they give u 20 mandatory.
I think we can assume that our speculations were right?
Before everyone starts the speculation of drugs or alchol being involved I’d like to make a suggestion. Get in your car or truck, head down Old Atmore Rd at the posted speed limit, from either Flomaton or Canoe direction, and enter the curve where this accident occurred. Then come back and let me know if you have a little better understanding as to how such accidents as this, and at times even worse, keep repeating one after the other on the road and in or pretty close to same spot. I nearly lost the girl who later became my wife and mother of our 3 children in a single car accident there about 8 years ago, and sadly just about 4 years ago lost a good friend of mine in that spot after his truck flipped numerous times. I vote the state of Alabama or Escambia county review the roadway and curve through that deadly stretch. Maybe something can be done to prevent more loss of life.
Keep ya head up man.. U kno u was wrong for wat u did. U knew u was to drunk to drive that car and u did anyway and cost ur friends his life. Now u gotta face the consequences. I hope they give u 20 mandatory.
Yes you can determine that he was traveling well over the speed limit. The speed limit is 45mph on that road. A vehicle must be traveling a minimum of 44mph to enter a critical speed yaw regardless of environment. A vehicle must be in a critical speed yaw to roll over unless gravity pulls it which is clearly not the case since the car is sitting on flat ground. The most top heavy vehicles only begin to have tip at 44mph. A crown vic is one of the most stable vehicles on the road and taks a lot of inertia to lift the wheels off the gound. For a crown vic to roll over two times it takes even greater force. I would bet my paycheck that the Trooper got a minimum speed estimate at around 75mph which means that the car was probably traveling around 80-85mph. And you guys are right, he wouldn’t have been indicted unless he was driving recklessy, drunk or high.
REGARDING:
“by those pictures u can’t determine he was driving well over the speed limit.”
Not by the pictures we see but by the distances traveled during flips and the simple fact that he was going fast enough to flip a Crown Vic not just once but twice. They measure and record those facts. Anyhow, the science of dynamics can determine such things and the law enforcement officers have access to the formulae related to road condition, distance of travel, center of mass, wind conditions, suchlike.
David cogitating on kinematics
The car flipped twice…by those pictures u can’t determine he was driving well over the speed limit.
So what law did he intentionally break? Not forcing his passengers to wear their seatbelt?
If he was driving wreckless then ok…I see ur point…but from what this story says and the pictures I can only determine that an accident occured…
As I said before there must be more to this story…
This is my bestfriends cousin. Im praying for the situation!
mann , keep your head up cousin !
REGARDING:
“I don’t see why he should go to jail for an accident…”
If you kill someone as a result of your intentional decision to break the law, that is grounds for being charged with manslaughter.
But all isn’t lost. Maybe he’s get away with it and get to do it again a few more times.
David looking on the bright side
Well he was definately driving at a high rate of speed and not the 45mph speed limit. That is clear by looking at the car. But he was probably drunk and drugged too.
Were drugs/alcohol involved? If not i dont see why he should go to jail for an accident…
There must be more to this story?
Confused.