CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A Clarksville woman was arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly pinning a man to a tree with an SUV twice in April, leaving him severely injured.
The suspect, 27-year-old Dawn Boksa, was arrested Wednesday.
According to court records obtained by Clarksville Now, two people witnessed the incident and told police they first saw the victim walking toward Orleans Drive and Dupuis Drive in the early morning on April 18.
A few minutes later, the witnesses saw an SUV traveling at a high rate of speed toward the intersection. The SUV went through a fence and a wooded area to intentionally strike the victim, pinning him to a tree, they said. The SUV then reversed and struck the victim a second time.
According to the records, the victim was able to pull himself over some logs to get away. The SUV then tried to drive over the logs to strike him for a third time but was unsuccessful.
The SUV then reversed out of the wood line and left at a high rate of speed toward Dupuis Drive and Charlemagne Boulevard.
The victim had to be flown via LifeFlight to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He sustained broken ribs, a collapsed lung and lacerated liver.
According to the records, Boksa was identified as the driver of the SUV after the victim was shown a six-person photo lineup, and he told police he believed Boksa was trying to kill him. The SUV was also located at Boksa’s residence, and was identified through unique identifiers.
The records didn’t make any reference to a motive behind the incident.
Boksa is set to be arraigned at the Montgomery County Courthouse on June 8.