January 12, 200521 yr http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2796714 She died at the scene of the crash, but her husband walked away. State police say the difference is he was wearing a seat belt. Troopers tell 9 News shortly after 12:30 p.m., the couple was headed west on I-10 near the Prairieville exit, when their truck's rear tire blew out. The vehicle began to spin out of control, eventually flipping in a group of trees. Troopers say the force of the crash threw the passenger, 50-year-old Lesa Stanton of Gretna, 30 feet out of the truck behind some bushes. The coroner pronounced her dead at the scene. Troopers say the driver, her husband, walked away and even refused to go to the hospital. State Trooper Johnnie Brown says, "It's a very simple portrait of what happens when you don't wear your seat belt. The possibility of being ejected, the death that can result from that. Conversely, you have the husband that was wearing his seat belt and survived the crash with relatively minimal injury." Trooper Brown says the driver, 49-year-old James Stanton is being charged with careless operation and negligent homicide because troopers say he was responsible for making his wife wear her seat belt. This man not only loses his wife but is charged for negligent homicide because his wife exercised here own choice? :headshake
January 12, 200521 yr QUOTE(mreye @ Jan 12, 2005 -> 12:04 PM) http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2796714 She died at the scene of the crash, but her husband walked away. State police say the difference is he was wearing a seat belt. This man not only loses his wife but is charged for negligent homicide because his wife exercised here own choice? :headshake A kid I can see, but his wife? That is complete garbage.
January 12, 200521 yr Geez the guy already lost his wife and now they have the nerve to charge him?? Total crap if you ask me....
January 12, 200521 yr Why does there always have to be someone to blame? She didn't wear her seatbelt and she is a grown adult, it is her responsibility, not her husband's.
January 12, 200521 yr Author QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jan 12, 2005 -> 01:06 PM) A kid I can see, but his wife? That is complete garbage. Absolutely, a kid. I agree, but not his wife or any other able adult.
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