Richard Alan White Appears in Court for Preliminary Hearing
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A grand jury will hear the case against the Madison County man accused of killing Amber Kendrick, 12, of Madison County, in a hit and run on Diamond Grove Rd., May 31. Richard Alan White appeared in court, Tuesday, for his preliminary hearing. The two men who survived the crash and several Madison County deputies testified. Both of the men, who were also on horseback the night of the crash, testified to seeing the truck, driven by White, swerving before they were hit. That is the reason the man riding with Amber said they were on the wrong side of the road when the truck hit them. “When I saw the truck was swerving, the truck was actually coming straight for us,” said Matthew Web, who was injured in the crash. “My first reaction was get out of the way. He looked like he was coming in the ditch. There were trees on the side of the ditch and the only way I could go was to jump across the road.” Webb also testified that he saw White running from the scene holding a license plate. Sergeant Jerry Elston, who investigated the crash, testified to using the length of the skid marks and the distance Amber was thrown from her horse to calculate that White was driving at least 64 mph, well above the posted speed limit of 30 mph. “When I use the collision damage to the truck coupled with the skid mark calculation, it comes out higher at 67.7 mph,” Sgt. Elston testified. “He still was going too fast for the distance he was traveling anyway,” said Tracey Jones, Amber’s aunt, after the hearing. White faces charges of reckless vehicular homicide, failure to stop and render aid, tampering with evidence and leaving the scene of an accident. If indicted, he will appear in Madison County Circuit Court on Sept, 12. He remains jailed in lieu of $250,000 bond.
