WORTH COUNTY – A man who was convicted of abusing a toddler crashed his car in Worth county, disappeared from scene, and then was arrested when he reappeared driving by in another vehicle.
On July 3, 2018 at approximately 6:30 pm, the Worth County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle accident on Highway 65 and 450th St. When deputy’s arrived they found a blue minivan in the west ditch approximately a quarter mile north of 450th St. The vehicle was northbound on Highway 65 and veered across the southbound lane into the ditch, crossed over 450th Street, hit and stop sign and kept going north in the west ditch. The vehicle was unoccupied at the time deputies arrived and suffered significant damage. While deputies were investigating, a southbound vehicle passed the scene and a passenger in the vehicle was recognized as the registered owner of the vehicle that crashed. A deputy conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and a passenger, identified as 27-year-old Tylan Debeir, admitted to driving the van when it crashed.
As a result, Debeir was arrested and charged with failure to maintain control, striking fixtures upon a highway and leaving the scene of an accident. He later posted bond and was released from jail.
Debeir was found guilty in Floyd County by a jury in 2015 for the crime of felony child endangerment resulting in serious injury. He allegedly inflicted head trauma on his girlfriend’s 13-month-old son back in 2013. How Debeir is for from prison at this time isn’t immediately clear, but there could be another appeal in the courts connected to this case.