Chauncey McCray after his crash on I-95, as he was being arrested by Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies. (FCSO)
It started with an apparent seat belt violation.
Chauncey McCray, 24, was at the wheel of a rented blue Toyota Camry, driving south on U.S. 1 around 1 p.m. When Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Seth Green pulled up in a parallel lane, he noticed that McCray was not wearing a seat belt. The deputy slowed to get behind McCray’s car and initiate a traffic stop.
At first McCray, of 11 Kannapolis Place in Palm Coast, slowed as well. He was at the wheel of his sister’s car–she had rented it that day, she would later tell authorities–and was supposed to be on his way to pick up her child from school. But he then sped up, turning onto Kankakee Trail.