No he did not the coaches son Ben Mauk did.
He swerved around the deer, went off the road at a high rate of speed, and rolled the car avoiding a stationary object that was there before he approached.
Officers said the car, a 2005 Dodge Neon, was traveling eastbound on County Road 144 and swerved to miss an object in the roadway. The vehicle traveled off the left edge of the roadway, reentered the roadway, then traveled off the right edge, overturning, striking a fence and coming to rest in a field.
At no time was it said by the police that he was traveling at a high rate of speed as I said before the road this happened on has some deep ditches.
This article indicates that the prosecutor felt that the decoy was purposefully placed so that it would be hard to see.
It also indicates that Roby was under the influence of marijuana and driving between 72 and 78 mph at the time of the accident, and that the prosecutor moved to suppress that evidence.
This is a really ugly situation all around.
My sympathies to those who were injured, and their families.
I hope all those involved learn learn from their mistakes.
It's a shame that Dustin Zachariah, the passenger in the car, who's underage drinking didn't play a role in the accident, is the one paying the highest price. He's the most innocent person involved.