Results tagged “collision” from Inland Empire Courts

A jury found Kevin Harville guilty Friday in connection with a crash while chasing an ex-girlfriend on a local freeway, killing another motorist with his vehicle's battery in October 2006.

Harville's Ford Explorer rolled over several times on the southbound 215 Freeway, pitching its battery into opposing traffic where it struck and killed motorist 30-year-old Shawn Billings Kettlewell.

After one day's deliberation, the jury found Harville guilty of second-degree murder, attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, according to San Bernardino Superior Court personnel.

Mike Cruz, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/19/2008 09:02:02 PM PST

SAN BERNARDINO - A man on trial for murder in the death of a motorist while chasing an ex-girlfriend on a freeway blamed the crash on a tire blowout.

Kevin Harville, who testified Wednesday in his own defense, said his ex-girlfriend's Ford Expedition sideswiped his customized Ford Explorer while he was parked on H Street, in San Bernardino.

Harville, 37, followed Rolanda Hill, yelling for her to pull over and talk about the crash, he said.

"I'm trying to tell her, `You hit my car, Rolanda. You hit my car,"' Harville testified.

A defense lawyer for a man suspected of murder, when his vehicle battery struck another motorist after he crashed while chasing an ex-girlfriend on a local freeway, can begin calling witnesses this afternoon in Superior Court. Prosecutors rested their case yesterday.

Harville's Ford Explorer rolled over several times on the southbound 215 Freeway, near Mill Street, pitching the battery into opposing traffic where it struck and killed motorist 30-year-old Shawn Billings Kettlewell in October 2006.

After three days of witness testimony, Deputy District Attorney Terry Brown rested his case yesterday afternoon in the trial against Kevin Harville in San Bernardino Superior Court, according to court records.

Trial proceedings are scheduled to resume next week for Kevin Harville, who is suspected in the unusual death of a motorist on the 215 Freeway when he crashed while chasing an ex-girlfriend.

Harville's Ford Explorer rolled over several times on the southbound 215 Freeway, near Mill Street, pitching the vehicle's battery into opposing traffic where it struck and killed motorist 30-year-old Shawn Billings Kettlewell in October 2006.

The trial is scheduled to resume Monday in San Bernardino Superior Court after proceedings were postponed for more than a week when Deputy Public Defender Rod Curbelo was injured, according to Superior Court records.

The mother of a teenage boy who died after being struck by a sheriff's deputy while riding his bicycle filed a lawsuit against the city, Sheriff's Department and county today alleging wrongful death.

In the lawsuit, seeking $3,000 for funeral expenses and general damages yet to be determined, Stacey McCombs alleges the unnamed deputy was speeding and blinded by a setting sun when he struck her son, Justin Ames, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Drummond Avenue the evening of Aug. 22.

The deputy was one of two responding to a call about 6:30 p.m. when the collision occurred. Neither of the deputies, both alleged to have been traveling between 50 and 60 mph, had their sirens or flashing lights on, and the posted speed limit was 35 mph, according to the lawsuit.