Another Florida State player is in the cross-hairs.
According to a New York Times report, Florida State cornerback P.J. Williams was charged with two traffic tickets after a hit-and-run accident on Oct. 5.
Williams’ vehicle struck Ian Keith’s vehicle, and both cars were totaled. Williams and teammate Ronald Darby, another FSU starting cornerback and one of two passengers, fled the scene before returning later.
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The Tallahassee police responded to the off-campus accident and reached out to the Florida State University police and the university’s athletic department. But the Times reports, “By the next day, it was as if the hit-and-run had never happened.”
According to the report, “Florida State dismissed the role of its officers in the incident as too minor to require a report or enter into their own online police log, comparing it to an instance when campus officers responded to a baby possum falling from a tree.”
The Times also reports that, Tallahassee officers did not test Williams for alcohol. Nor did their report indicate whether they asked if he had been drinking or why he had fled. The report also minimized the impact of the crash on the driver of the other car, Ian Keith, by failing to indicate that his airbag deployed.
Florida State declined to make anyone available for the interview. No. 2 Florida State (9-0) plays at Miami (6-3) on Saturday.
