Jun 28th 2008 12:37PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Bills, NFL Fans, NFL Police Blotter
It took a month, but we’ve finally gotten to the bottom of the nowhere-close-to-murder mystery involving Bills running back Marshawn Lynch, his SUV, and some poor, unsuspecting lass who got runned over.
Last week, Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark announced that Lynch had agreed to a deal but neglected to go into detail. Now we know: Lynch will lose his driving privileges after his SUV accidentally struck a Canadian woman. “I didn’t know my car had hit anyone or anything,” Lynch mumbled to reporters Friday afternoon before heading into traffic court to plead guilty to a violation. “So I continued on my way home. I apologize to Ms. [Kimberly] Shpeley for any injuries she suffered.” And with that — along with a $100 fine — the case is closed. Presumably, Lynch made his way to traffic court, paid the fine, turned over his license, and had somebody drive him home.
Because the wounds suffered by the woman weren’t considered to be of the “serious physical injury” variety, Lynch avoided criminal charges. Instead, he plead guilty to a single count of failure to exercise due care to avoid striking a pedestrian, which is just a traffic violation.
On a completely random, local-celebrity note: the notes that as he left the courthouse, “a woman on the street recognized Lynch and began to shout: ‘Touchdown! Touchdown!’”
I’m guessing that doesn’t happen to everyone.
