Hit and run victim upset with how WPD handled case

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — What started as a fun night out, ended as a near death experience for a Wilmington man. Now he’s questioning how the Wilmington Police handled the investigation.

“You don’t expect the police to immediately discount your recollection of what happened,” Vincent Iventosch said.

In early February, he was ran over in the parking lot of Might as Well Bar and Grill, in Wilmington.

‘After I got run over by the truck, thinking, ‘I’m still alive,’ I was just trying to see what body parts were working,” Iventosch said.

The police report says Iventosch stood in one of the parking spots outside of the bar. The truck hit him and dragged him 12 feet from where he was standing. However, Iventosch says investigators told him he and his friends were to blame. He said it sounded like the officer was taking sides, saying the men in the other vehicle have families.

“These are all things that apply to me as well. So, I don’t know why it’s different for one side and it’s not the same for me,” Iventosch said.

His mom is also furious with this as well.

“He was playing the judge, the jury, the defense attorney. He had it all wrapped up right then and there. Nobody needed to be made aware of what happened because he had already figured it all out and decided ‘hey, you didn’t die. So buck up buttercup, everything will be fine,'” Sandra Iventosch said.

Wilmington Police said on Facebook, “it was determined there was no criminal intent on the suspects part” and “that drugs and alcohol were involved on both sides.” Police say the driver turned himself in and it’s now a civil matter.

The second time police questioned Iventosch, family members recorded the conversation. Police say because of what was heard on that audio recording, the office of the chief is investigating how the case was handled.