Two cars were involved in a car accident on the corner of Loop Road and Jackson Drive Wednesday night. According to the Kent Police, a grey Ford Taurus went left of center and hit another vehicle that was traveling in the opposite direction. Inside of that vehicle was freshman Shannon Noark’s family. Her brother Curtis Flavianni suffering minor injuries. The family along with other witnesses claimed that the driver could have been under the influence, which may have led to the accident. “That’s what the witnesses may have said,” Sergeant Stritchfield said. “We’ll definitely conduct a further investigation attesting into that to see if they were intoxicated.” Police say that the driver was transported to the hospital for injuries. A reported
One of the vehicles involved pulled away from the accident and headed north on Sprinkle Road. Two witnesses called this in and gave a description of the vehicle. From this description the vehicle was pulled over on the corner of East Main Street and and 26th street at 14:07.
The straightforward case, State of Montana vs. Michael Curtis Soule, appeared to be Vehicular Homicide While Under the Influence. But costly mistakes that happened on the law enforcement end, ultimately altered the case into a complex situation of who done it. Such small errors like missing evidence and being caught up in the moment can change the outcome of any case to guilty or not guilty. In this particular case, investigators doubted their skills or second guessed evidence that could have been the game changer.
All five of them were wearing their seatbelts according to state police, and alcohol was a factor in the crash.
They may become ashamed to admit that someone in the immediate family has been involved in a DUI or a drinking and driving accident. iii. Families who experiences a loss due to a drinking and driving accident rarely recover quickly or easily. They will find themselves reliving the tragedy over and over again and how one person’s decision to drive changed their family forever. iv.
We finally made it to the car accident. The roads were blocked off with wooden caution signs and bright red flares that lit up the darkness around the scene. I saw Mike’s car, a 2016 Ford Focus. The car was cut into two pieces by a massive tree. By the looks of it, he lost control and spun out.
At approximately 1:28 a.m., I arrived at the scene and met with Trooper Otten, who advised what had transpired prior to my arrival. Trooper Otten stated a blue 2014 Ford F-150, driven by Eric A. Wenzel, was traveling northbound on Illinois Route 4 south of Norton Lane. While traveling northbound, the blue Ford veered to the left and entered the southbound lane of the roadway. Once in the southbound lane, the front passenger’s side of the blue Ford struck the front passenger’s side of a southbound silver 2003 Ford F-150, driven by Alan L. Schilling. Trooper Otten stated both Mr. Wenzel and Mr. Schilling sustained incapacitating injuries in the collision Trooper Otten advised the silver Ford’s front seat passenger, Sarah L. Wagner-Schilling, sustained life-threatening injuries in the collision and was not expected to survive. Trooper Otten said Mr. Wenzel admitted to having been drinking prior to the collision and was suspected of driving under the influence. All three occupants had been transported from the scene
Mr. Adamson’s statements and admissions demonstrate that driver error or mechanical failure of the vehicle was a plausible cause of the accident and not the tire failure. Driver error or mechanical failure is at least an equally plausible explanation for the actions of Mr. Quinones in driving his vehicle at the time of the accident.
During the collision, a gold 2000 Saturn LS1, driven by Cheri E. Post, was reportedly being pursued by a black 2014 Ford Mustang GT, driven by Jordan M. Kinne, after a drug deal gone bad. The Saturn and Ford entered the ramp from Interstate 55 southbound to Tudor Avenue traveling the wrong way. While traveling from Tudor Avenue to Interstate 55, the Saturn and Ford entered the path of a silver 2005 Chevrolet Equinox, driven by Pierre D. Manley. Once in the path of the Chevrolet, the front passenger side of the Saturn struck the front passenger side of the Chevrolet.
Not every DWI (driving while intoxicated) case ends the same, some have different verdicts in the courtroom. The Ethan Couch case is a great example of why punishing drunk drivers should be more enforced and not so lenient. The teen from Texas was driving drunk with two other passengers in his pickup truck on June of 2013, when he hit and killed four people. Ethan Couch was tried as a juvenile and charged with four counts of Intoxication Manslaughter, but was only sentenced to ten years of probation. His lawyers argued that it was due to “affluenza”, which means that he came from a wealthy family and it prevented him from understanding what was right from wrong, so he was not held accountable for his actions. The judge who took on this case
were driving their car. 5 people on the ground were injured seriously. The sole survivor of
Officials said that on Friday morning in Texas four citizens sadly perished in a car accident. These four victims were from Kitchener, Ontario. On Texas highway Interstate 35, the police said the crash began when a driver was driving on the wrong side of the highway road, south of Austin (Texas). Justice of the Peace Beth Smith told us that at 1am two men, one woman and a baby had died. Two other little girls went to the hospital but their injuries were not life-threatening. After they were checked out by the doctors, they were sent home with other family members who arrived in Texas. They had found out that the victims who had died were 27 year old Margaretha Wall Hildebrandt Peters, 31 year old Heinrich Martens, 30 year old Gerhard Hiebert
Driving under the influence of alcohol has been a major issue in America, spanning all the way back to more than 50 years ago (Raymond). Many accidents are caused from drinking and driving yearly, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries involving innocent people. When alcohol is mixed with driving a motor vehicle, there are no limits to who may be at risk. This means that drunk driving has been harming, hurting and killing many innocent people in America. Over the years I have witnessed many aftermaths of drunk driving accidents and have heard of multiple accidents resulting from alcohol use involving people I know, and people I do not know. Sometimes, in accidents like these, all parties involved may walk away from the accident with
If I’m honest here, I hardly remember my first car accident, but I can tell what parts I do remember. It was last September, my step-brother, Jerrick, was driving us and his friend home from school. I was on my phone, listening to music just ready to go home and most likely take a nap. I suppose how the story goes is that Jerrick was following the car in front of us at the intersection as they were turning. When we followed the light had apparently turned red thus the man in the other car hitting us. However, everyone says the guy that hit us was drunk, as apparently, he reeked of alcohol and he was speeding because if the light had just turned green, he couldn’t have been going fast enough to hit us at a speed that made the entire passenger side bend inward on itself.
Have you ever lost someone close to you because of a bad decision, or a bad decision someone else made? Drunk driving and driving under the influence of drugs is the leading cause of death in the United States. Everyday 28 people die in the U.S. because of a drunk or drug impaired driver. Everybody makes bad choices, even you and me, but there is a difference between a bad choice and a bad choice that can put others at risk of injury and death.
In conclusion, many people do not realize that being intoxicated while driving, using cellular phones and teenage drivers may bring serious injuries to everybody. Some people may enjoy drinking without care until they get into car accident, which can even result in