The police department’s Fatal Crash Team today charged Justin Ronald Walker with leaving the scene of an accident involving death in connection with the March 4th collision in the 1500 block of South Gallatin Pike that killed pedestrian James Thomas Hamsley.
Walker, 30, of Apple Valley Circle, surrendered to officers this afternoon in the accompaniment of his lawyer. Walker acknowledged striking Hamsley, 67, while driving a friend’s 1992 Buick Century. The car has since been repaired.
Hamsley, 67, was struck at 11:15 p.m., a short time after returning from a gambling trip to New Albany, Indiana. The casino bus dropped him off in the K-Mart parking lot at 1516 South Gallatin Pike. He walked to a nearby MTA bus stop and was struck while in the roadway.
Walker is on probation for a 2005 cocaine conviction. His bond on today’s charge is set at $5,000.
Justin Ronald Walker
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