
By: Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — The driver of a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze, who is accused of leaving the scene of a personal injury accident at Duck and Maple Street in Stillwater involving an overturned SUV, has been ordered to appear in court on April 5.
Leena Singh, 35, of Stillwater, remains free on $3,500 bail on a felony hit and run charge, which carries a sentence of 10 days to two years in prison plus a fine of $50 to $500 on conviction.
Singh was arrested at 216 N. Knoblock in Stillwater, about 43 minutes after the 11:49 am Feb. 4 injury collision at 204 S. Duck, an affidavit alleged.
The female victim, who was driving an SUV, complained of head, right arm and neck pain and expressed concern about her passenger, who was described as “of diminished mental capacity and a group home resident,” Stillwater Police Officer Ricardo J. Inciarte wrote in an affidavit.
“According to witnesses at the scene, there was a female driver in a red car that entered the intersection and struck the SUV. One witness stated that the vehicle continued westbound, while another witness stated that the vehicle stopped momentarily and then left the scene.
“I was advised that this collision was a hit and run…I saw where the SUV had spun from the impact and the right rear tire struck the southwest curb of the intersection, causing the tire to break off. The vehicle then continued south through the sidewalk and grass, barely missing a street light as it rolled.
“It then struck the curb of the private drive of the business, causing the vehicle to start tumbling once again. The brake rotor that was now exposed dug into the roadway and caused the vehicle to roll until it was on its roof, which then slid to a stop facing westbound on the outside southbound lane of Duck.
“The SUV traveled approximately 96 feet as it rolled and slid after impact. The suspect vehicle had also left behind the whole front bumper assembly behind.
“I was advised by an OSU PD officer at the scene that Sgt. Savory and OSU PD Officer Cook had found the vehicle in Lot 6 by Boone Pickens Stadium.
“I was told that Officer Cook had found the vehicle and that it showed on video surveillance that a female driver had parked the vehicle, stepped out, looked at the damage, and then left walking. I was advised that the owner of he vehicle had been found and was en route to my location.
“I examined the suspect vehicle and found the damage to the front end to be a match to the damage the SUV sustained in the collision,” the Stillwater officer alleged in his affidavit.
“I activated my body-worn camera as Leena Singh was brought to my location by an OSU officer. I asked her to tell me what had happened and she told me that she had gone into the intersection and a vehicle at a high rate of speed came in front of her and she hit it. She stated that the vehicle continued.
“Leena said that she crossed the intersection and pulled over to wait for someone from the other vehicle to come to her in order to exchange information. She stated that she waited for approximately six minutes, but because nobody came to her vehicle, she left,” the Stillwater officer alleged in his affidavit.
“I advised her that the other vehicle had rolled over and it had been sitting on its roof. Leena did not appear surprised about this information, and she made a comment that prompted me into asking her if she had hit any other vehicles to which she stated that she had not,” the Stillwater officer alleged in his affidavit.
“At this point, I advised Leena that she was under arrest for leaving the scene of an injury collision…I advised her that the vehicle had rolled over and was sitting on its roof and also asked her if at any point she was going to check up on the occupants of the other vehicle. Leena said that she knew, but that she could not see the other side of the vehicle so she did not know if the occupants had exited on that side and that she did not know what to do.
“I asked Leena if she was going to let anybody know about what had happened, and she stated that she planned on calling her insurance company later in the day,” the Stillwater officer alleged in his affidavit.
“Office Najera told me later in the afternoon that the occupants of the vehicle had suffered numerous contusions, a black eye and a laceration,” the Stillwater officer wrote in his affidavit.
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