A man who was wanted for molesting a young girl was involved in a truck wreck late Thursday night and police believe that crash was no accident.
Law officers believe the man may have been trying to kill himself when he hit a tractor trailer rig.
Direatt Wynn crossed the center line on Highway 319 in Ocilla and slammed into the big rig. He's still alive.
Ocilla police were looking for 47-year old Direatt Wynn to charge him with molesting a six year old girl when they heard he swerved in front of the semi truck.
Wynn was driving when the his GMC truck collided with a semi-truck. Police were had been looking for Wynn for about 28 hours for another crime when they heard about the wreck.
chief Hancock- "The police department received a complaint with a possible child molestation," said Ocilla Police Chief Billy Hancock. "Subsequently, the police department began investigation. We were able to obtain arrest warrants for child molestation on Derek Wynn, also known as Direatt Wynn."
Then late last night, police heard about the wreck on highway 319 in Irwin County.
"Last night around 11:30, we received a telephone call that he had been involved in an accident," said Hancock. "He had subsequently called the police department here. Well, he notified family members and they called the police department."
The semi truck turned over on its side into the ditch. You can see here where the pick-up truck hit the semi. It slid down the side..even cutting a hole in the semi. Authorities don't believe this was an accident.
"Based on the phone call that the family received while he was traveling down the roadway," said Hancock. "I believe he gave intentions that he was going to hurt himself."
If it was intentional, Wynn did not have to go far to find a road used by many truckers.
"That road is well traveled by semi-trucks," said Hancock. "Particularly late in the evening. At that time there aren't as many on the road way. But, there is a lot of truck traffic there."
Wynn will face charges of failure to maintain his lane and also the child molestation.
There were no skid marks on the road which indicates Wynn didn't slam on breaks in the seconds before the crash.
Wynn is in serious condition at Tift Regional hospital right now. The driver of the semi was bruised, but not seriously hurt.
Direatt Wynn
