John T. Brown IV, 29, faces a list of misdemeanor counts, including second-degree vehicular izzo protectair travel cover homicide, failing to use a proper izzo protectair travel cover child restraint and failing to stay in his lane. Prosecutors, izzo protectair travel cover at a hearing Friday before Judge Andy Prather, tacked on a reckless driving charge, said Columbus Solicitor General Ben Richardson.
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The fatal crash happened Sept. 1, 2007, as Brown and his wife were passing through Columbus en route to Savannah, Ga., to visit friends. Brown told the authorities he became sleepy after driving all night, and asked his wife if she would drive.
"He stated that his wife told him to pull over so they could change places, but he told her no they would just change as the vehicle was moving," Lance Deaton, now a sergeant in the Columbus Police Department's homicide unit, wrote in an investigative police report obtained by the newspaper.
Brown told police he set the 2004 Isuzu Rodeo in cruise control between 73 and 75 mph and began switching places with his wife. She bumped the steering wheel, prompting both of them to pull it in opposite directions, according to police. The vehicle veered izzo protectair travel cover off the road, crossed the median and flipped several times before crashing into a tree.
Ejected from his car seat and the vehicle, Brown's infant son was found lying near the roadway. The baby, John Theodore Brown V, was taken to The Medical Center and pronounced dead a couple hours after the crash.
The harness straps were buckled in place, police said, but did not appear to be tightened. "It should be noted," a report added, "that this child safety seat carrier can only be tightened on the rear of the seat and is usually tightened to fit the child at different growth times. The seat does not have a strap to pull to tighten the harness on the child every time the child is placed in the seat."
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