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Cantonment Hit And Run Driver Identified, Facing Arrest
June 16, 2016
Thanks to public tips, the Florida Highway Patrol has identified the driver of a Dodge Ram involved in a May 31 hit and run crash in Cantonment.
According to the FHP, the Dodge Ram was traveling northbound on Wegner Avenue approaching Mintz Lane when the driver failed to stop at a yield sign and struck a Toyota Avalon driven by 71-year old Elizabeth Harris of Cantonment.
The Toyota left the roadway and struck a concrete table and landscaping at 302 Wegner Avenue, while the driver of the Dodge Ram fled the scene northbound on Wegner Avenue. Harris and her six-year old passenger suffered minor injuries.
Wednesday night, the FHP said the Dodge Ram was located on Well Line Road and identified as the the vehicle involved in the crash. The driver of the Dodge was identified as 25-year old Colby Chase Myrick of Cantonment. The FHP said Myrick has an arrest warrant pending judicial review for leaving the scene of a crash with injuries, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, driving while license revoked habitual, reckless driving with injuries, driving while license expired more than six months and tampering with evidence.
Myrick was also cited for failure to report a crash and failure to provide insurance in a crash.
Myrick’s 1996 Dodge ram was identified by a piece of the front grill left behind at the crash scene with a chrome skull with two guns mounted to the front.
Vehicle photo by Penny DeVries for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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13 Responses to “Cantonment Hit And Run Driver Identified, Facing Arrest”
This was my grandmother & little sister involved in the accident. Thank God they are okay. Makes me sick to my stomach that someone could just leave the scene of an accident like that. From the comments it sounds like this guy needs to straighten his life out.. I pray he does. 25 years old is old enough to know better than what he did but also to young to waste the rest of your life on nonsense.
Colby Myrick, you have been a bad boy for years now. It’s not so hard to be good and follow the straight road. It takes more effort to lead a life down a rocky road. Don’t you get it? Come out of hiding and get down to the Escambia Sheriff’s Office and turn yourself in. Things are going to be a lot worse the longer this drags out looking for you. Be a man and do it !
Young man if you read this, turn yourself in. Don’t hide from the situation.
I THOUGHT ABOUT EXPOUNDING MY 2 CENTS WORTH ON THIS CASE BUT DECLINED because he is a poor excuse for a human being for what he has been doing for years instead of working as he knows he can in association with some minor children for a while and now this. This is sure to send him off for many years to come by removing one idiot making the area a little safer for the duration. JUSTUSFORALL GETERDONE.
So sad….there once was room for so much potential…and he is throwing it all away!!!I’ve said so many prayers. I guess some people have to learn the hard way, even then sometimes it is not enough.
Thank goodness no one was seriously injured. And thank goodness for Facebook, a lot of criminals, lost children, lost pets have been found. Everyone needs to continue sharing these posts so this can be accomplished!
@fisherman
Perhaps 30-40 years in prison will help him learn he’s not as bad as he thinks he is? This young man is a fool. He’d best learn his lesson now or next time, it may be HIS life.
Thank God for people who still want to get involved. My granddaughter was in that car in the back seat on the passengers side. if he had hit 12″ further back it would have been a lot worse. As it is we are all grateful that she and her other grandmother as OK despite many bruises. I have to pray that this young man will get the help he needs to turn his life around now.
It is a shame. Colby Myrick people have been there for you and you have always shut them out for your fast life style. I hope and pray this will straighten you out, you are running out of lives. Maybe a hard sentence will get you straightened out and maybe you can take it to a new level when you get out. You are way better than what you have been doing and how you have been acting. Enough said.
Wow, 25 is old enough to know better! Mr. Myrick, you are in big trouble. Thank goodness everybody involved is okay, this could’ve went much worse. It just goes to show you, when you run from your problems they get bigger. That old saying, “the truth will set you free” has bearing here. If you had just stopped & dealt with the accident, things would’ve went better for you. Too bad, having a driver’s license & the mobility it represents is essential nowadays.
I hope you learn from this experience, Mr. Myrick.
You can’t stop individuals like this from doing this kind of stuff. No amount of jail time will correct this individuals behavior. Suspended license doesn’t mean anything to individuals .They will still drive just like drinking and driving individuals.
With all the habitual offenses and suspended license, maybe it is time to put him in time out for a couple of years and make the roads a safer place.
I’m glad everyone was ok. I love ms. Harris. She is very nice lady!