Father Finds Son Dead 6 Hours After Cops Clear Crash

  Gary, Indiana. A father determined to find his son goes back to the scene of a car crash and finds the dead bodies of his son, Brandon Smith and his son’s best friend Dominique Green in the weeds a matter of yards from where the other two surviving teenagers were recovered by cops and paramedics 6 hours earlier.

When one boy, Darius Moore, tried to tell them his friends where still out there he was told he was delirious.

"I tried to tell the police what was going on. I guess they didn't take me seriously. " Moore said.

"I told the police over and over they were down there. They were trying to tell me, that was everybody when I helped me and my friend out of the hole".

Police say that the driver, Darius Moore, had told them he thought he’d dropped the other two boys home before the accident occurred, a statement Moore ademently denies. They also state that an officer searched the scene before they removed the car and did not find any signs that there were two other victims.

Personally it shouldn’t matter what Moore said. If the cops were doing their jobs they should have searched the scene more carefully. Moore had just been in a major car accident, and could well be suffering from concussion, which is all the more reason for the cops to make sure all boys had been accounted for. A good example of this would have been to call the parents of the boys to make sure they were indeed dropped off. It sounds like a very flimsy excuse, if you ask me.

Due to the diligence of Brandon Smith's father the coroner was called at 9:27 a.m., six hours after the crash. According to the coroner, both had been ejected from the vehicle and died of multiple blunt force trauma, but it is not clear if they were alive when the paramedics and police were at the scene, or if they would have survived the crash if they had received medical attention. Time of death will have to be established in both cases.

Arthur Smith, Brandon’s father, had this message for authorities:

"It's a disgrace how we have to be tormented because you as a city can't say, 'We made a mistake.' We've got to suffer with these insults and innuendos as far as what happened," he said. "Ten feet from where I think the car stopped is where my son was. Even, though it happened at 3 a.m., I'm sure they have good flashlights. They didn't find my son. I found my son and his best friend dead in the weeds".

Watch ABC’s News interview Arthur Smith, the victims father: LINK

Comments

[Paula Parker]

What a tragic, unimaginable burden for this father to try to make sense of for the rest of his life. No excuse. None. Chances are reasonable that they even stumbled over the bodies.

[Writer Sarah L Hanson]

I agree Paula, it is an awful burden that this poor man will have to remember his son in this manner for the rest of his life…. The whole incident it tragic.

[Henry]

No father should ever be forced to find his son dead after an accident. A very sad situation. Did the fater ever tell his son about those things called 'Seat Belts"? It is too late now.

[Writer Sarah L Hanson]

I know what your saying Henry, but kids will do silly things to be cool like not wearing their seatbelts.

The scary thing is, the two boys could have been alive when the paramedics were there…… until the autopsy results are realizes (and I wonder if they ever will be!) we won’t know if these boys could have survived the crash had they been treated.

[idiot]

@Sarah Hanson:

The driver was just charged with multiple felonies a few days ago.

Whether or police and emergency response failed here hasn't been cleared. One thing is for sure though: There would never have been a crash to survive if the driver hadn't been drinking, driving and speeding; and even if his two friends were too drunk to realize this wasn't a safe driver, wearing the seatbelts might have saved them...

[Writer Sarah L Hanson]

Re: idiot’s comment

There are many things we all wish we had done in hindsight. Drinking and driving is always a no-no, not matter the circumstance.

The main point of this article is that I can not fathom the shock the parents of one of those boys felt (be it the driver or the passenger). Having to search for their children themselves, then finding their bodies after emergency services had cleared the scene (services I might add that their taxes have been paying for for years). I’m sure they felt hopeless at what they found and I can not imagine, the sense of guilt, loss, and the many questions they must still be asking themselves and the city. What if……