How does a nineteen year old’s alleged hoax manage to fool a DA’s office?
I would expect them in having training to weed out such hoaxes from legitimate complaints, and would expect a 19 year old to be less adept at instrumenting such a hoax as most older adults.
Unless other information comes to light, I conclude the 19 year old is telling the truth.
But I am not saying that anyone is telling the truth or lying her I am just saying that the story as related by the reporter has gaps I could drive a fleet of trucks though.
Either the story is deeply flawed or it streaches probability.
If there is a dash-cam and it was in operation then this thing can be resolved rather easily.