Black Driver Without a Licence Killed Innocent White Jogger and was Not Even Arrested

NBC San Diego
May 18, 2015

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Nicole Lynch was jogging with her daughter when a Black driver without a licence mounted the sidewalk and caused her death.

The Oceanside man accused of vehicular manslaughter in a Carlsbad jogger’s death was taken into custody Friday, the day after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Joseph Knight, 52, was at the Vista courthouse when Oceanside police officers recognized him and alerted a sheriff’s deputy. The deputy arrested Knight at about 5:30 p.m.

Investigators say on Dec. 28, 2014, Knight was driving the Ford Expedition that veered onto a sidewalk and hit Nicole Lynch, 51, who was jogging with her daughter. Lynch died from her injuries.

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Joseph Knight blamed his 3-year-old niglet for causing the crash.

A police report says Knight told investigators he was distracted by his 3-year-old daughter in the back seat.

Despite an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court and driving on a suspended license, Knight was not arrested after the crash.

A Carlsbad police lieutenant said it’s because the sheriff’s department does not allow them to book people into jail for certain misdemeanor warrants.