Utah Law Talk

Police are close to arresting 34-year-old John Bishop who was allegedly the driver in a high speed hit-and-run auto accident on I-80 Wednesday April 1rst. KSL news reports Bishop sought medical treatment from an Intermountain Healthcare Hospital about 1am on Thursday morning.

Bishop, a top executive for Global Marketing Alliance in Salt Lake, was out celebrating his birthday with five other friends, Clifton R. Tolboe, Trent Longhurst, Jonah Lor, Paul Castellanos and Jason Palmer at a Salt Lake nightclub. Witnesses say he was intoxicated at the club then left with his friends to drive home in his white BMW. He was driving at speeds upwards of 100 mph on I-80 before he slammed into the back of a Mercedes. Passenger Jason Palmer was thrown from the vehicle and died on the scene. Other passengers in the BMW sustained serious injuries during the wreck. Kathleen and Andrew Blank, from Park City, were in the Mercedes. Blank was taken to the hospital with back injuries.

Bishop is denying involvement in the accident but officer Mike Holt of the UHP says they have plenty of evidence and witnesses to convict Bishop. “We do have witnesses that say he was the driver. He has not admitted to being the driver but, again, we do have witnesses that say he was the driver”. Bishop could face charges of automobile homicide.

This entry was posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 am and is filed under Hit and run auto accident. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.