Browning accused of hitting cars near school
Cell phone camera catches Browning fleeing the scene of the crash
A Flomaton man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and reckless endangerment after running into two vehicles on Poplar Street as parents and grandparents were picking up children from Flomaton Elementary School, with one woman using her cell phone to take pictures of him and his tag number.
Richard Browning was arrested by Flomaton police Wednesday, the day after the incident.
Rose Wilson said she was in line on Poplar to pick up her granddaughter when Browning's black Mercedes hit her from behind. She said the damage wasn't bad and asked Browning to follow her on to the school so they could call the police to get a report. She said Browning then began yelling "I ain't got my stuff" saying he went wild.
Browning then came around Wilson's car and she used her cell phone to take his picture and a picture of his license plate.
With traffic in both lanes, Browning then hit the front of Kayla Ward's vehicle after she had picked up her daughter and was heading back toward Highway 29.
Ward said Browning came between the two vehicles in the middle of the road and hit the front of her vehicle. Wilson and Ward both said Browning then sped up and turned down Titi Street.
Wilson showed Flomaton Police Chief Chance Thompson the photographs she had taken and he identified the driver, but couldn't locate him that afternoon.
Witnesses also said Browning had been to the elementary school to pick someone up earlier and was driving a small blue SUV. When he returned he was driving the black Mercedes.
Thompson applauded the action of Wilson for taking the photographs and Ward's description of what happened.
"The more information people can provide us helps us identify and arrest people," he said. "They did a great job."
