TikToker accused of Mowing down a pedestrian In the suburbs of Chicago during a live broadcast on the platform He was arrested In Illinois.
He was social media star T-Time, whose real name was Tenesha McCarty-Rhoten He was arrested Tuesday and booked on two feloniesand reckless homicide and aggravated use of communications resulting in death, according to internet records from the Zion Police Department.
The charges stem from A Fatal car accident on November 3Which led to the death of 59-year-old Darren Lucas, TMZ reported.
Police said Lucas was walking at an intersection in Zion, near his hometown of Beach Park, when he was struck by a passing car. Inside the car, McCarty-Rhoten was addressing viewers on TikTok, and captured the moment the accident happened.
“F-k, f-k, f-k… You just hit someone,” she says in the clip, according to screen recordings captured by other users and shared online.
A child riding in the car with the 43-year-old can be heard repeatedly asking, “What is this?” Before the power finally goes out.
McCarty-Ruten immediately called 911 and remained at the scene to speak with responding officers, police said.
Lucas, who worked at a grocery store across the street, was taken to the hospital where he was He was pronounced dead from blunt force injuriesaccording to The Guardian newspaper. A A GoFundMe has since been created To raise financial support for his widow.
McCarty-Rutten, who Tea_Tyme_3 account on TikTok He has since been removed from the platform, and remains behind bars without bail.