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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — In a court filing, lawyers for Henry Ruggs III claimed that a witness said firemen took too long to put out a car fire caused by a fatal collision that investigators believe was caused by the former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver.
Ruggs, 22, is suspected of speeding up to 156 mph in his Corvette sports vehicle with his girlfriend before the predawn incident Nov. 2. He was released by the squad a few hours after the collision.
Raiders owner Mark Davis was among the more than 100 individuals who attended Tina Tintor’s burial on Thursday at St. Simeon Serbian Orthodox Church in Las Vegas. Following that, a private burial took place at a Las Vegas cemetery.
“Firemen did not try to extinguish the fire at Ms. Tintor’s car for about 20 minutes, during which time the whole vehicle was enveloped in flames,” defense lawyers David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld said in a court filing on Wednesday.
The lawyers are seeking a court order to collect data from the Clark County Fire Department about the collision and fire. A court date has been set on November 17th.
In a statement released Thursday, county spokesperson Erik Pappa stated there were “no delays in reaction or in the assault on the fire.”
According to the statement, “the captain on the site indicated that the vehicle was completely engaged in flames upon arrival and that the passenger compartment was not survivable for anybody within.”
According to Sarah Thornton, spokesperson for family attorney Farhan Naqvi, Tintor family members had no plans to make public statements regarding her monuments.
Tintor immigrated to the United States from Serbia as a kid, attended a Las Vegas high school, and worked at a Target shop. Tintor was on the verge of getting US citizenship, according to a buddy who informed reporters last week. Max, her dog, was killed in the collision and fire.
Chesnoff and Schonfeld would not comment more on their Wednesday subpoena request for fire department documents. The attempt, according to Chesnoff, is part of their accident investigation. The witness told the lawyers that he was close at home when he heard the accident and rushed outside to investigate.
According to the court petition, firefighters were “in a position to extinguish the car fire when it was in its early stages and failed to do so.”
Ruggs, who was already facing felony DUI resulting in death and reckless driving charges, was slammed with further felony DUI and reckless driving charges, as well as a misdemeanor charge of possessing a handgun while drunk, on Wednesday. Ruggs would face further jail time if convicted on the new counts.
According to Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, “the evidence supports a second felony DUI prosecution.” “We think Mr. Ruggs’ girlfriend [Kiara Je’nai Kilgo-Washington] was seriously hurt, and we may pursue a second offense under Nevada law if someone is seriously injured in a DUI crash as a consequence of the defendant’s conduct.”
If convicted, the former first-round NFL draft selection will be sentenced to at least two years in jail. Ruggs, according to Wolfson, could face a sentence of more than 50 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
Ruggs has been released on $150,000 bond and is under house arrest with tight restrictions, including four daily alcohol tests while the matter is being investigated.
According to public records, he owns a $1.1 million property not far from the accident site.
The Associated Press and ESPN’s Paul Gutierrez contributed to this story.
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