The conduct of a second driver in the Thanksgiving weekend crash that killed two pedestrians on Frazier Avenue remains under investigation, authorities said Wednesday during a hearing for the Florida man arrested in November.
The case of Randy Vega, 44, of Tampa, Florida, was bound over to the grand jury Wednesday. Vega has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular assault, driving under the influence and reckless endangerment.
Vega lost control of his vehicle during an alleged road rage incident involving another vehicle and mounted the curb in front of the Walnut Bridge Gift Shop, killing two pedestrians and injuring another. The victims were tourists from Jacksonville, Florida, Ana Posso Rodriguez, 41, and her son, Jonathan Devia, 1.
Chattanooga officers testified in court during a preliminary hearing that Vega was speeding and impaired.
A video of the incident, from a Masonic lodge on Frazier, was shown in court. In the video, Vega veered his Dodge Caravan into the lane of a Nissan Titan, driven by a local driver, Patrick McGinty. Adam Cavitt, one the responding officers, testified the Caravan collided with the Titan.