A biannual open air occasion led to chaos and a number of felony expenses after a monster truck rampage left folks and automobiles crushed.
The incident began on the Sept. 20 “Rednecks with Paychecks” off-road occasion in Montague County, Texas.
Deputies from the Montague County Sheriff’s Workplace had been dispatched to the scene after authorities had been alerted to a big monster truck placing folks and automobiles on the occasion.
When deputies arrived, KFDX-TV reported they discovered Jonathan Earl Reid, a 36-year-old native of Crockett, detained by occasion safety.
Witnesses advised authorities that Reid initially struck a utility terrain car on the park the place the personal Rednecks with Paychecks occasion was being held. They mentioned the collision sparked a heated argument between Reid and a number of different people.
In line with the accounts, Reid asserted, “If the car doesn’t have an eight-foot flag on it, I can hit it.”
Reid reportedly climbed again into his car and hit the UTV once more, and witnesses mentioned folks started throwing objects at his monster truck.
Video of the incident picked up at about this second. The monster truck could possibly be seen reversing earlier than plowing by way of the parting crowd and over different automobiles and UTVs.
The clip has been circulating round social media, gaining thousands and thousands of views to date.
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Reid allegedly drove proper over a Jeep SUV, crushing it and placing one of many two folks scrambling to flee from the entrance of the car.
Witnesses mentioned Reid continued his rampage, crushing one other UTV and hitting one other sufferer.
In line with KAUZ-TV, Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas, Reid continued to strike folks and property.
Thomas mentioned Reid was intoxicated in the course of the rampage.
In complete, authorities reported 5 victims: a 26-year-old feminine and 38-year-old male, each from Hutchinson, Kansas; a 43-year-old male from Copperas Cove, Texas; and a 67-year-old feminine and 43-year-old male, each from Hobbs, New Mexico.
Solely two of these struck or crushed within the incident had been injured significantly sufficient to require hospitalization at Muenster Hospital.
Reid now faces 5 felony expenses stemming from the rampage, all counts of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon.
Reid was launched after posting a $200,000 bond.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
