A Jones County woman involved in a traffic accident June 10 that killed a Gautier man has been charged with providing false information to police and driving with a suspended license, authorities said Monday.
Tracy L. Vance of the 30 block of Fred Ellzey Road in Soso was traveling east on Martin Bluff Road in Gautier when her 2008 beige Lexus clipped a 1996 Ford Explorer that was ahead of her.
Vance then struck Herbert Tscheuline, who was driving west on a 2008 Sunl moped, a police report reflected.
Tscheuline, 76, was thrown several feet into the intersection at Martin Bluff and Hampstead roads. He died of massive hemorrhaging while in surgery at Singing River Hospi tal, police said.
Police Capt. Jason Pugh said that Vance provided a drivers license belonging to her mother, Tasha Ellzey.
“When we discovered it wasn’t her, she was arrested on June 16,” said detective Mark Rodriguez. Police further learned that Vance’s license had been suspended, Rodriguez said.
Pugh said that Vance posted bail totaling $534 for both charges.
Officers in the city’s traffic division are reconstructing the accident, and all evidence will be sent to a Jackson County grand jury, Pugh said.
“We feel that it’s our duty to present this to the grand jury to make sure we’ve covered all angles,” Pugh said. “We’re doing all that we’re supposed to do.”
