A Chattanooga defense attorney pleaded not guilty Friday to striking another couple’s vehicle in 2015 and driving away.
Bill Speek filed a motion earlier this week to waive his first appearance in Hamilton County Criminal Court. His lawyer and fellow partner, Jonathan Turner, showed up instead to enter a not guilty plea, the motion says.
Turner said Friday he could not comment further on the case. Speek’s next scheduled appearance is July 12.
Records show Speek was driving a 2007 Toyota cruiser on Timberlinks Drive when he crossed the center line and hit an approaching Honda Civic around 5:30 p.m. on March 19, 2015.
The crash severely injured Kenneth Wayne Feagans, the Civic’s driver, and his wife, Ruth, who was seated on the front passenger side. But after the collision, the cruiser never stopped, witnesses told authorities.