A Collins man found guilty of leaving the scene of a fatal wreck on Interstate 20 near Bovina is heading back to prison for the second time in three years.

Roger Dale Curtis, 32, of Collins, was found guilty last week of violating probation for leaving the scene of a crash that killed 42-year-old Dudley Shane Scrimpshire of Moselle in 2011.

Circuit Judge M. James Chaney sentenced Curtis to three years in prison suspended upon successful completion of the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ long-term alcohol and drug treatment program followed by incarceration in an MDOC restitution center until an outstanding balance of $7,337 in fines, fees and restitution is paid.

Curtis pleaded guilty in 2012 and was sentenced to two years in prison followed by three years’ probation. He was also ordered to pay funeral costs for Scrimpshire.

In December 2013, he had already been released from prison and was found guilty of violating probation for apparently failing to pay fees and was returned to probation. Chaney order him to pay $230 per month until a balance of $8,196.50 was paid.

But nearly two years later, less than $1,000 had been paid against the balance.

Curtis struck Scrimpshire on March 12, 2011, on the Bovina exit ramp but told Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officers that he did not realize he had hit a person. Scrimpshire was walking along the ramp after the car he had been driving to Texas broke down along the interstate. The car had been used to commit a crime in Richland, according to court documents, and Scrimpshire was returning it to its owner.

The car was parked with the hood raised near where Scrimpshire’s body was found. The car’s owner last heard from Scrimpshire shortly after the car broke down.

Scrimpshire died March 14, 2011, at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

Curtis told Investigator Bryan Richardson he was on his way to visit his girlfriend in Arkansas and he was lost when he struck Scrimpshire.

When he arrived in Arkansas, he noticed human hair on his 1988 Chevrolet pickup, according to court records. On the way back to Collins, he heard about the wreck on the radio and realized he had hit a person, Curtis told Richardson.

Curtis said he was scared to tell anyone about the wreck because he was on parole.

The day after Scrimpshire died, Curtis sold his truck to a Magee recycling company for $399, records show. MBI investigators examined the truck, which had already been partially destroyed, and found Scrimpshire’s blood on the passenger side mirror, according to court documents.