According to published reports, Johnny Hayward McCourt, age 58, of Webster Springs, was charged with the felony crime of DUI Causing Death.
The charges stem from a July 2, 2016 motorcycle accident in Randolph County involving McCourt and his (alleged) passenger, Charles V. Hamrick, who was non-responsive at the scene and later pronounced dead. McCourt was life flighted from the scene to a Morgantown hospital.
On July 9, police took a statement from McCourt. McCourt allegedly told police that while he was initially driving the motorcycle back home from Snowshoe, he felt he was too intoxicated and then let Hamrick drive the motorcycle. McCourt allegedly claimed that Hamrick was driving the motorcycle when the accident occurred.
Police later interviewed Hamrick's mother, who said that her son could not possibly have driven the motorcycle due to a past injury to his arm and a disability in his leg. Police also interviewed a couple who was driving behind the motorcycle when the accident occurred. The couple said that McCourt was the operator of the motorcycle. Police then obtained medical records from the hospital, which showed that McCourt had a blood alcohol content of .19 (more than twice the legal limit), which was taken two and a half hours after the accident.
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