The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has filed charges against a Chandler man who allegedly crashed a car, critically injuring his teenage nephew, and then fled on foot.
James Wesley Allen, 21, and his cousin were also hurt in the April 27 crash on the Loop 202 frontage road leading to Chandler Fashion Center.
In the direct complaint filed two days after the crash and announced Friday, prosecutors charged Allen with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of leaving the scene of a serious injury accident.
The 14-year-old nephew was asleep in the back seat at the time of the early-morning crash. He suffered numerous life-threatening injuries, including a broken neck, fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.
Allen’s cousin suffered a broken nose and facial lacerations; Allen suffered what appeared, in his booking photos, to be several cuts and stitches on the right side of his head.
After the crash, Allen is accused of running away and getting a ride from a woman to a business about 3 1/2 miles away. She called 911 out of concern for the Allen’s injuries and he was transported to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital.
Allen was arrested at the hospital hours later, police said, and he then confessed to drunk driving.
