Officer
charged in deadly crash appears in court
Memphis police
officer Alex Beard appeared in court Wednesday morning. He is charged with two
counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated assault. Mackala
Ross, 13, and Deloise Epps, 54, were killed August 2012 when the car they were
riding in collided with Beard's police cruiser..
"The issue is going to be whether or not he (Beard)
violated the law in the way he responded," said Beard's defense attorney,
Leslie Ballin. "The allegations are that just before the accident, he
turned off the lights and sirens ... That just before impact, he was traveling
at a high rate of speed."
Was it a tragic accident? Or should the former officer be
punished for the fatal wreck?
At this point, the defense is requesting medical records.Michael
Ross, who still has visible scars, says that is all fine by him. "Hospital
records. Yeah, they should get them because I've got a list of my injuries that
were caused by Alex Beard driving 94 miles an hour with no lights or sirens on,"
explained Ross.