Tears streamed down 19-year-old Ava Jones’ face as she told a jury that while she was once on scholarship to play basketball for Iowa, she can no longer shoot a basketball or even walk very far after a Louisville man accused of being high on fentanyl crashed into her family in 2022.
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Scott Drabestadt told jurors Michael Hurley had “nothing but selfishness and wanton disregard” when he drove his vehicle into a Kansas family in downtown Louisville.
Michael Hurley is scheduled to go to trial for murder on Oct. 7.
The request made in Michael Hurley’s case Monday by attorney Jordan Potts would exclude both still and video photographers as well as any microphones.
Several members of the Jones family were hit while walking on the sidewalk at 2nd and Market Streets in July 2022.
Ava Jones, her parents Trey and Amy Jones, and her younger brother were in town for a basketball tournament the evening of July 5, 2022, when they were hit by a car.
Wednesday marked one year to the day since a Kansas family's story changed in an instant while walking on a downtown Louisville sidewalk.
Michael Hurley faces multiple charges for hitting the Jones family on July 5, 2022.
Michael Hurley faces charges of Murder, Assault and Driving Under the Influence.
Ava Jones got difficult news from doctors this week about her recovery.
