Nathan Watson

[Preacher Franklin]

Mississippi State 2018 signee Nathaniel Watson has been charged with felony assault and other traffic violations after he was arrested Friday following a street racing incident.
Authorities say Watson was racing a Chevy Impala with another Maplesville High (Alabama) student up a hill before swerving to miss an oncoming car at high speeds. Watson crashed and another individual in the car suffered serious injuries.
The student was airlifted to UAB Hospital with internal injuries.
“The accident occurred after Tyrone Davis, also a student at MHS, lined up in front of the school with his vehicle along with Nathaniel Watson’s vehicle for a race, witnesses stated that they lined up side by side and floored it, and both vehicles were squalling their tires and fishtailing up the highway heading into town,” according to an MPD press release via The Clanton Advertiser. “As the racing vehicles topped a hill, an oncoming car caused Nathaniel Watson Jr. to swerve and lose control striking a power pole, cutting it in half and knocking power out to portions of Maplesville.”
Watson was rated as the 20th-best player in the state of Alabama this cycle.
Neither Watson or the other driver in the incident had insurance, authorities say.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I hope that kids gonna be ok.

I’m definitely not gonna cast stones because I was young and wreckless before, and people a lot older than him do those sorts of things.

Hopefully everyone heals and learns a lesson here.

 

[Go Budaw]

With him and Kylin, it’s a good thing Starkville has Uber now.

 

[Shmuley]

[FONT="]Terrible consequences following terrible decision making.[/FONT]

"An unnamed second student was a passenger in Watson’s car, and suffered serious injuries, according to the report. He suffered a “crushed femur, fractured pelvis, his right arm broken and internal injuries. Watson’s passenger had to be airlifted to a hospital in Birmingham for treatment.


As a result, the SEC signee has been charged with a felony first degree assault and traffic violations for the race. His classmate in the other car, who had a 12-year old passenger, was charged with reckless endangerment."

 

[rynodawg]

Not a lawyer, but how is the initial charge felony assault? Always thought that assault involved an intent to injure. Guessing that will get reduced to something else.

 

[5049]

Can't say I never did stuff like this (albeit without the same consequential injuries, but very close)

I'd feel worse if he was robbing or beating folks

 

[harrydawg.sixpack]

Drag racing is one thing, doing it in the middle of the afternoon on (what sounds like a 2 lane) a week day is another. I can easily see how this could be a felony......these is past drag racing. This is lunacy

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Drag racing is one thing, doing it in the middle of the afternoon on (what sounds like a 2 lane) a week day is another. I can easily see how this could be a felony......these is past drag racing. This is lunacy

Kids are stupid. Especially teenage boys with testerone.

In what was 5049s most rational post ever, it’s better than robbing people and ****

 

[PineGroveBully]

Yep, it happens. When I was 16 I was racing my best friend after a night of playing ball. I lost control doing north of 90 and hit a ditch and was ejected. Paralyzed from waste down. That was 19 years ago. I'm just so thankful that I was the one injured. Can't imagine the thought of an innocent person having to live with such injuries or worse bc of my testosterone and invincibility. Hope those injured make full recoveries. Maybe for every one of these accidents hundreds or thousands learn a valuable lesson.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Yep, it happens. When I was 16 I was racing my best friend after a night of playing ball. I lost control doing north of 90 and hit a ditch and was ejected. Paralyzed from waste down. That was 19 years ago. I'm just so thankful that I was the one injured. Can't imagine the thought of an innocent person having to live with such injuries or worse bc of my testosterone and invincibility. Hope those injured make full recoveries. Maybe for every one of these accidents hundreds or thousands learn a valuable lesson.

You still paralyzed or have you regained any lower extremity ability?

 

[Dawgzilla]

Reckless conduct combined with serious bodily injury can be charged as felony assault. But, yeah, the charge will likely be reduced to get a guilty plea.

 

[PineGroveBully]

Nope never regained anything. Cool story though, I was in the hospital in Memphis, Joe Thiesman's father in law was next door to me, having had a stroke. His wife is from Collierville and her folks still live in Southaven. I met Joe twice but his wife came and saw me daily. Never having asked for anything, a cpl weeks after I got home I had a fedex package waiting on me after school. Inside was a Falcons/Broncos super bowl shirt, a pro bowl hula shirt and a hat. They are good people.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Nope never regained anything. Cool story though, I was in the hospital in Memphis, Joe Thiesman's father in law was next door to me, having had a stroke. His wife is from Collierville and her folks still live in Southaven. I met Joe twice but his wife came and saw me daily. Never having asked for anything, a cpl weeks after I got home I had a fedex package waiting on me after school. Inside was a Falcons/Broncos super bowl shirt, a pro bowl hula shirt and a hat. They are good people.

Well like you said, at least you came out alive and with your mind. Buddy in high school at a party was drinking and borrowed somebody’s hayabusa, he died that night. Was only 16.

Young people do stupid stuff, and unfortunately some pay for those mistakes with their lives, before it’s even begun.

Pretty cool of the theisman family to do that.