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Father of Upstate teen killed in DUI crash charged with providing alcohol to driver, warrants say

Nick Adams faces 8 charges

Father of Upstate teen killed in DUI crash charged with providing alcohol to driver, warrants say

Nick Adams faces 8 charges

WEBVTT CAPITAL: I AM CAROL CLARK. THE FATHER OF A GIRL KILLED IN A SUSPECTED DUI CRASH SAYS HE DOES NOT BLAME HER FRIEND BEFORE IT HAPPENED. MADISON BAGWELL USED POOR JUDGMENT ACCORDING TO THE FATHER. >> TIM WALLER IS HERE WITH THE LATEST. TI HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT ACCIDENTS HAPPEN. PEOPLE MAKE BAD DECISIONS. HE IS REFERRING TO THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF HIS OWN DAUGHTER. 19-YEAR-OLD MADISON BAGWELL WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY DUI WHEN SHE RAN OFF THE ROAD ON HIGHWAY 25 SOUTH AT PINEHILL DRIVE, KILLING JESSICA ADAMS, WHO WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. NICK ADAMS SAYS HIS DAUGHTER AND BAGWELL HAD JUST LEFT TRAVELERS REST SPEEDWAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. WE ASKED ADAMS IF HE KNOWS HOW THE GIRLS, WHO WERE BOTH UNDERAGE, WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN ALCOHOL. >> I DO NOT. ALL I CAN SAY IS, AT THE RACE TRACK, I DON’T KNOW YOU, BUT SAY I WAS DRINKING BEER, I RUN OUT OF BEER AND YOU HAD SOME, ’HEY MAN, LET ME GET ONE OF THOSE BEERS.’ ’OK, HERE YOU GO.’ THAT’S HOW IT IS. MICHAEL: THIS FELONY DUI CASE HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO SLED, WHICH WILL INVESTIGATE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, WHO SUPPLIED THESE UNDERAGE GIRLS WITH ALCOHOL ON THE NIGHT OF THE DEADLY CRASH. IT TURNS OUT, MADISON BAGWELL, WHO’S BEEN CHARGED WITH FELONY DUI, WAS ARRESTED LAST NOVEMBER ON A SEPARATE DUI CHARGE. AND NICK ADAMS, JESSICA ADAMS FATHER, WAS IN THE CAR WITH HER, ACCORDING TO A HIGHWAY PATRO REPORT WE OBTAINED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. THE REPORT DESCRIBES NICK ADAMS AS BEING EXTREMELY INTOXICATED DURING THAT 2017 ARREST. ONLY BAGWELL, WHO WAS 18 AT THE TIME, AND NICK ADAMS, WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME
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Father of Upstate teen killed in DUI crash charged with providing alcohol to driver, warrants say

Nick Adams faces 8 charges

(Above video was published on Oct. 16, 2018.)The father of an Upstate teen killed in a crash in October has been charged in connection with the crash.Nick Adams' 17-year-old daughter, Jessica Adams, was killed in the crash on Oct. 13 on Highway 25 in Travelers Rest.Madison Bagwell, 19, was driving the car in which Jessica Adams was a passenger, troopers said.Adams was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on Thursday, according to the detention center website.He faces three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two counts of transferring gifts of beer/wine to a minor, one count of child neglect and two counts of parties to a crime, according to the website. A $450 bond was set on both counts of transferring gifts of beer/wine to a minor. No bond was set on the rest of the charges.Warrants served on Adams say he provided alcohol to Bagwell before the crash. "Nicholas Jimmy Wayne Adams did individually, willfully and knowingly, purchase, disburse and provide alcoholic beverages to Madison Michelle Bagwell and willfully and knowingly allowed Madison Michelle Bagwell, driver, to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol," the warrants said.Another warrant, listed as outstanding in court records, said he endangered a 13-year-old boy by providing alcohol to Bagwell because Bagwell was supposed to take the boy home.A grand jury indicted Bagwell on the felony DUI charges on Nov. 30.Bagwell is also charged with child endangerment and marijuana possession in the Oct. 13 crash, troopers said.Troopers said Bagwell lost control of the vehicle and crossed the median. They said the vehicle then overturned and Jessica Adams was ejected and died at the hospital.Four other people were also in the vehicle, troopers said.Days after the crash, Nick Adams spoke to WYFF News 4 and said he forgives Bagwell. See video above.

(Above video was published on Oct. 16, 2018.)

The father of an Upstate teen killed in a crash in October has been charged in connection with the crash.

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Nick Adams' 17-year-old daughter, Jessica Adams, was killed in the crash on Oct. 13 on Highway 25 in Travelers Rest.

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Madison Bagwell, 19, was driving the car in which Jessica Adams was a passenger, troopers said.

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Adams was booked into the Greenville County Detention Center on Thursday, according to the detention center website.

He faces three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, two counts of transferring gifts of beer/wine to a minor, one count of child neglect and two counts of parties to a crime, according to the website. A $450 bond was set on both counts of transferring gifts of beer/wine to a minor. No bond was set on the rest of the charges.

Warrants served on Adams say he provided alcohol to Bagwell before the crash.

"Nicholas Jimmy Wayne Adams did individually, willfully and knowingly, purchase, disburse and provide alcoholic beverages to Madison Michelle Bagwell and willfully and knowingly allowed Madison Michelle Bagwell, driver, to operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol," the warrants said.

Another warrant, listed as outstanding in court records, said he endangered a 13-year-old boy by providing alcohol to Bagwell because Bagwell was supposed to take the boy home.

A grand jury indicted Bagwell on the felony DUI charges on Nov. 30.

Bagwell is also charged with child endangerment and marijuana possession in the Oct. 13 crash, troopers said.

Troopers said Bagwell lost control of the vehicle and crossed the median. They said the vehicle then overturned and Jessica Adams was ejected and died at the hospital.

Four other people were also in the vehicle, troopers said.

Days after the crash, Nick Adams spoke to WYFF News 4 and said he forgives Bagwell. See video above.