Chapter 5 - WHAT TYLER DID AFTER
Tyler was injured when he jumped.
Scraped palms.
Sprained ankle.
Bruising.
Nothing life-threatening.
He stood up.
Watched Emma’s car hit the guardrail.
And did not run toward it.
That mattered.
A delivery driver approaching from the opposite direction stopped at the crash.
His rear camera captured Tyler limping away from the roadway.
The driver called 911.
He reached Emma first.
Tyler called Linda.
Not emergency services.
His mother.
Phone records later established the timing.
Crash: 9:41 p.m.
Tyler called Linda: 9:43.
911 from Tyler’s phone: never.
Linda called Richard.
Then Tyler’s attorney.
Then, at 9:51, Linda called 911 herself and reported:
“My daughter crashed her car. My son was riding with her.”
Emma was still unconscious.
Tyler was already telling the story.
Emma had been driving.
She lost control.
Tyler escaped after impact.
He was confused.
Traumatized.
Everything happened quickly.
Linda repeated it.
Richard repeated it.
By the time officers reached the hospital, the family had a version.
What they did not have was the dashcam.
The camera had broken loose during impact but survived.
A firefighter found it beneath the passenger seat.
Officer Mason reviewed the footage before speaking to Emma.
Then he decided not to tell the parents immediately.
He wanted to hear their accounts first.
Linda said Emma drove.
Richard said he “believed” Emma drove.
Tyler said he barely remembered.
Three people.
One lie.
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Then Emma woke up.
And Linda walked into the ICU determined to make the evidence fit the family instead of the family fit the evidence.
