Evans v. City of Richmond

At approximately 8:30 p.m. on September 18, 1967, Thurman T. Jones was proceeding south on Richmond’s 14th Street Bridge and had stopped in the left lane of the two southbound lanes of the four-lane road, preparing to make a left-hand turn off the bridge when his car was struck in the rear by another southbound vehicle. The car which struck him then went around the right side of the Jones vehicle and continued south across the bridge.

The incident was witnessed by at least two other motorists, one of whom actually followed the car which struck the Jones vehicle and secured its license number.…