A Florida man reportedly "smiled and laughed" as he ran over a Black woman with his vehicle.
According to reports, Jermeria Holycross is lucky to be alive after she was ran down by 57-year-old Boris Twillman earlier this month.
Holycross, 24, was reportedly driving on a Florida highway with her brother and her boyfriend's two children on August 10 when a Jeep started to tailgate her. Before she could move out of the way, Holycross was rear-ended by the vehicle. She got out of her car to inspect any possible damages, which is when Twillman reportedly hit the gas and pinned her between their two vehicles. According to an arrest report, Twillman then dragged Holycross' body along the driver's side.
“When he hit the car, she got out because traffic was stopped, and she wanted to look at the damages,” a family member recalled. “Well, as she looks, he proceeded to look at her, smile and laugh, and hit the gas and run her over in front of my son and her boyfriend’s two children.”
Holycross' aunt, Misty Moore, emphasized that the man "smiled and laughed" as he hit her niece.
“I think the biggest thing that sticks out to her, that she just keeps saying, is he just smiled and laughed at me as he hit me. She is very traumatized and just has this image in her head," Moore told the Tampa Bay Times.
Following the incident, Twillman allegedly called the Largo Police Department to report that “something happened” on the highway but claimed "he was not personally involved in a crash.” He was later arrested for attempted murder and leaving the scene of a crash involving serious injury.
Twillman is currently being held in the Pinellas County Jail on bonds totaling nearly $1 million.
The incident reportedly left Holycross with a broken leg, rib, and pelvis. A GoFundMe has been created to help cover Holycross' medical expenses.
The Black Information Network is your source for Black News! Get the latest news 24/7 on The Black Information Network. Listen now on the iHeartRadio app or click HERE to tune in live.