thebug Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Story and News Video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB27 Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Wow, that just sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 It's similar to a story here in SF. A cabbie was taking a couple to the city from the airport to their hotel. He smelled something buring while he was on the freeway bud didn't pull over. On the exit ramp his brakes failed and he hit a bridge abutment and the car burst into flames. The couple were trapped in the back and died. I see it every day (the charred abutment with flowers placed there) seeing it's the exit I take coming home from work. Very sad for all involved seeing the cabbie is screwed because he didn't pull over when he first smelled the smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantankerous Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Dumbass cop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Can you imagine the agony being awoken like that? I assume the cop just wasn't thinking. He has to feel horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Can you imagine the agony being awoken like that? I assume the cop just wasn't thinking. He has to feel horrible. Nah, he's a dumbass cop, probably meant to run her over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebug Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Nah, he's a dumbass cop, probably meant to run her over. Reporter said he worked that area a lot and was known for handing out citations for open booze. I hope he wasn't cutting accross the grass just to give someone a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Nah, he's a dumbass cop, probably meant to run her over. Yeah, that is what I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Yeah, that is what I said. I think he was really directing it to the post above yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I think he was really directing it to the post above yours. Ahh, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Ahh, Yes, to that one through yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Why was he off the road in a cruiser...?? Cars belong on the road. Anybody else would have gotten a ticket doing what he did. Just becasue he is a cop doesn't give him the right to break the law. Shouldn't that (what he did) be what police bicycles are used for? "...I don't think most citizens would make this mistake..." Totally right... Citizens usually don't break the law by driving off the designated road. He was probably trying to sneak up and surprise the people that he thought had open containers... Again... That is what a bike rack on the back of the cruiser is for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Wow, that's just awful...I couldn't imagine how that woman's family must feel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebug Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Wow, that's just awful...I couldn't imagine how that woman's family must feel Yeah, out for a nice relaxing afternoon at the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Yeah, out for a nice relaxing afternoon at the park. The more I think about it, the more it infuriates me. Some of you guys may be familiar with Mendon Ponds Park in the Rochester burbs. I grew up literally right across the street from it, and one of my favorite things to do in the summer was head over with some friends and throw around the football, or take my girl over there and chill out on some blankets under the sun. The MINUTE a car left the road, it would be a certainty that you'd hit/run over someone....I just can't believe a cop would be so stupid as to drive up on the grass. Then to think that she appeared 'OK' after being run over, only to crash and not survive the trip to the hospital? That is really sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Yeah, out for a nice relaxing afternoon at the park. I guess the cop just ran over her legs... She sat up briefly and was talking and then dies later... Man what a way to go... The cop has to feel bad over that boneheaded judgement call! That is why roads are for cars and grassy parks are for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 The more I think about it, the more it infuriates me. Some of you guys may be familiar with Mendon Ponds Park in the Rochester burbs. I grew up literally right across the street from it, and one of my favorite things to do in the summer was head over with some friends and throw around the football, or take my girl over there and chill out on some blankets under the sun. The MINUTE a car left the road, it would be a certainty that you'd hit/run over someone....I just can't believe a cop would be so stupid as to drive up on the grass. Then to think that she appeared 'OK' after being run over, only to crash and not survive the trip to the hospital? That is really sad. I totally agree... Wow, this has negligent law suit all over it. What do you think done her in on the ride to the hospital? A blod clot travelling up from the legs/point of injury?... It didn't sound like there was too much "open" wounds... This is even dumber than the taser/gun move in Oakland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajzepp Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I totally agree... Wow, this has negligent law suit all over it. What do you think done her in on the ride to the hospital? A blod clot travelling up from the legs/point of injury?... It didn't sound like there was too much "open" wounds... This is even dumber than the taser/gun move in Oakland. Yep, could have easily been something like a fat embolism, which can happen with any break or crushing injury of a bone...could be a variety of things though, I suppose Geesh....just unreal. I'm not saying this applies to this particular cop, but I know down here in the south there tend to be these "hot shot" police people who think their stojan doesn't stink. I appreciate the fact that they have a high risk job that doesn't make them rich, but that's just no excuse for haphazzardly placing peoples' lives at risk by being a pompous idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Nah, he's a dumbass cop, probably meant to run her over. He should be charged wtth murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 He should be charged wtth murder. Murder? No. Manslaughter &/or Vehicular Homicide? I sincerely hope their investigating that possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I love the headline of the follow-up story: "Family: Homeless woman hit and killed by police cruiser was loved." Sure, she was loved. Just not enough to let her live with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodBye Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I have a feeling he may have driven the car to the area he was heading to (instead of walking) for protection. What if the person he was driving to had some kind of weapon? He would most likely taken the cop out. He still should not have driven over the blanket though. Looks like there was plenty of room on the other side of the trees. Still a sad story though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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