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An Oklahoma father allegedly fled the scene after crashing his car into a street sign last week, leaving his injured wife and children – including his 16-year-old, who succumbed to her injuries – behind in the wreck.
Elliott Binney, 41, had two black eyes and a busted lip in his Tulsa County Jail mugshot, taken several hours after the Jan. 11 rollover crash.
The Bixby Police Department responded to the scene around 9:20 p.m., and transported Binney’s wife and two elementary school-aged children to a hospital to treat their injuries, 2 News reported.
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Elliott Binney was charged with leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, first-degree manslaughter and passing a vehicle in a no-passing zone, according to online records. He bonded out of Tulsa County Jail after posting a $102,100 bond, the records indicate.
It seems Shelby Binney was not buckled up when the family’s SUV met with an accident, and consequently, was ejected from the vehicle upon the collision. Police informed the media that she was pronounced dead in a hospital later the same day.
Strangely, Binney was missing from the accident spot. His wife, who was still present there, informed the police that they had been engaged in an argument just before the crash occurred.
The arrest and booking report disclosed that a bottle of vodka and several pill bottles with their labels torn off were discovered in Binney’s vehicle, according to a report by 2 News. The report goes on to state that the father confessed to buying the liquor earlier that night and had drunk from it repeatedly prior to the accident.
But by the time he was apprehended the next morning, it was too late to test Binney’s blood alcohol content, police told 2 News. The father would later claim that an oil slick caused him to skid and run off the road, Fox 23 reported.
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High school sophomore Shelby Binney, 16, was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. She was thrown from the vehicle upon impact on Thursday and pronounced dead in an area hospital later that night.
Police tracked him down to Checotah, about 50 miles away, the morning after the crash. Binney initially fled on foot, they believe, before getting into a second vehicle to further distance himself from the crash.
“He walked to a family-owned business and retrieved a vehicle. We were able to track this vehicle electronically and ultimately made an arrest in the case,” Bixby Police Chief Todd Blish told FOX23.
The arrest report made public that a vodka bottle and pill containers with erased labels were found in the second vehicle, which was a gray pickup truck. These were discovered when Binney was caught, according to the news.
Shelby, in a photo with her father, who now faces manslaughter charges related to her demise, was a high school sophomore. Her cheerleading gym noted her in a tribute post as “a radiant presence in the gym, a diligent athlete, and the most supportive team member you could wish for.” (Source: Elliott Binney/Facebook)
A witness whose identity wasn’t disclosed informed 2 News about seeing a bewildered man standing outside the crashed SUV that night. When the witness requested the man to sit down and inquired if anyone got hurt in the accident, the perplexed man fled from the scene, the witness recollected.
Previously, onlookers reportedly observed Binney driving at approximately 70 mph and passing cars unlawfully, informed the police.
Binney was charged with leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, first-degree manslaughter and passing a vehicle in a no-passing zone, according to online records, which showed he was released from Tulsa County Jail after posting $102,100 bond.
Binney has an extensive history of reckless driving and hit-and-runs, according to records obtained on the Oklahoma State Courts Network, including previous DUIs and three previous charges for leaving the scene of an accident that were dismissed in 2010 and 2016.
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He was also previously convicted on larceny from a retailer and assault with a dangerous weapon charges in 2002, records show.
Shelby Binney was a sophomore and cheerleader at Bixby High School, and was remembered as a “bright light” with a “heart of gold” in a social media post from her cheerleading gym.
Both her mother and Binney shared memorial photos of their daughter on their respective Facebook profiles.
Christina Coulter is a U.S. and World reporter for Fox News Digital. Email story tips to christina.coulter@fox.com.
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