A Cedar Hills man, 80, has been charged with manslaughter and accused of hitting and killing a 9-year-old boy riding his bicycle in Pleasant Grove in April.
I’m guessing he didn’t even notice. Just straight-up oblivious. The driver who right hooked my buddy and dragged him, as far as anyone could tell, was completely unaware of what had happened.
As terrible as that must have been, the driver could very well argue ignorance (they should still be in deep shit for it, though).
But in this case, the driver was being hailed by multiple witnesses who were trying to stop him from leaving the scene, and he fled faster!
He might claim negligence for the initial hit, but not for the rest of it.
Right but my point is that in that raised climate controlled soundproofed cab he might legitimately not heard shit. Not that it should be an excuse, but an American judge would probably disagree with me on that. Old fart’s got his culpable deniability.
As terrible as that must have been, the driver could very well argue ignorance (they should still be in deep shit for it, though).
But in this case, the driver was being hailed by multiple witnesses who were trying to stop him from leaving the scene, and he fled faster!
He might claim negligence for the initial hit, but not for the rest of it.
Right but my point is that in that raised climate controlled soundproofed cab he might legitimately not heard shit. Not that it should be an excuse, but an American judge would probably disagree with me on that. Old fart’s got his culpable deniability.
That’s what licencing is for.
You assume that licence drivers understand the limitations and risks of the vehicle they are in.
You assume that they would drive slowly and/or with a window down if they can’t see/hear well enough to avoid hitting things in a residential area.
Not this
lol no I don’t assume any of that and it’s kinda weird how often people on lemmy are telling me what I assume
Still DEFINITELY not that
Insane attitude to have, maybe worse to verbalise
You lost me mate
If he heard it or not, hitting something and not stopping is crazy.
Especially when you have multiple people flagging you down to stop!
His age, the vehicle, his lack of skill behind the wheel… there were so many preventable red flags that a kid ended up dead.