On February 20, 2010, recent UCF graduate Scott Patrick Wilson, 23, was killed in a car accident after Billionaire polo mogul, John Goodman, hit Wilson’s car, which ended up overturned at the bottom of a canal, according to reports.
Goodman was deemed to have a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit in Florida and had, hours earlier, ordered 10 shots of tequila and a round of Irish Car Bombs, although it wasn’t clear how much of those drinks he actually consumed, the Sun-Sentinel reports.
Beginning Tuesday, official trial proceedings will start on the DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide case against Goodman. Six Palm Beach County residents will be chosen to serve as the jury and decide the fate of Goodman. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison.
Wilson was returning to Wellington from Orlando for his sister’s 19th birthday when his car was struck by Goodman’s Bentley. A passerby stopped when she saw the damaged Bentley on the side of the road called 911. The car was empty and no sign of another vehicle was seen. Goodman had walked about 100 yards down 120th Avenue to Kampsen’s barn, looking for a phone, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Goodman borrowed a cell phone from a woman and proceeded to call his girlfriend in Atlanta to tell her he had been involved in an accident. It is reported that he did not call 911 until nearly an hour after the accident.
KnightNews.com will follow the trial until the very end. Keep checking back for updates.
