What the hell does that mean?
Terrible writing.
Where's Captain Obvious when we need him?
Why does the drunk driver always seem to survive?
why does it have to be a “white” minivan?....it adds nothing to the story.
Amazing!
I hope he gets some serious jail time.
"Five members of a suburban Baltimore family, returning home from the holidays after visiting relatives in Michigan, were killed late Sunday evening when an alleged drunk driver from Adrian, Mich., slammed into their minivan.
Michael Gagnon, 24, was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate-280 near the I-75 interchange when his Ford F250 pick-up collided nearly head-on with the Chevy Astro minivan.
The five passengers killed were all females -- Bethany Griffin, 36, the mother, Jordan Griffin, 10, Haley Burkman, 10, Lacie Burkman, 7, and Vadi Griffin, 6 months.
The father, Danny Griffin, 36, and two other children, Sidney Griffin, 8, and Beu Burkman, 8, survived.
Vadi was secured in a child seat but several of the family members were ejected from the torn minivan.
All of the surviving victims, including the alleged drunk driver, were also taken to St. Vincent for treatment.
Check out the video, still unedited at this hour. Clear shots of the apparent suspect with blood on his face, but walking around talking to cops.
Some idiot is getting started early. If you are out tonight, FRiends, be careful. And don’t drink. You will need all your skills to avoid the idiots that do.
Coming soon to roadways near you, as soon as we get the new "environmentally correct" fuel standards recently mandated by our "representatives". I saw a car body on a restoration rotisserie this past weekend. It's nothing but a spindly box of air. It's a miracle that anyone survives a head on in an automobile, especially a small unibody car.
I was involved in a 5 fatality drunk driving accident in 1978.
My wife was driving our 1972 Impala and broadsided a car that had run a flashing red light at a rural intersection. Her brother and his wife, their eight year old daughter, our 6 week old daughter, and I were also in the car.
The other driver was a 16 year old boy, with a 16 year old girl and two other boys, both 17, as passengers. They had been to a party and the driver was extremely drunk, BAL of .16, more than twice the legal limit.
My sister-in-law and all three passengers in the other car were killed outright. The other driver died the next day. Everyone else was injured except our baby daughter, who didn’t have a scratch.
The parents of the party’s teenage host had provided the booze. They were jailed briefly and eventually plea-bargained for a probated sentence. The dead driver’s insurance company eventually got a court judgment against them but it was overturned.
Why is it always that the drunk driver is never killed?
RIP.
i actually knew her through a pregnancy/parenting forum i am on. she had children from a previous marriage. so i suppose that is why they are saying that.
she had a total of 7 children. 4 died, 2 are in te hospital, and i guess her oldest son wasn’t with them. i can’t even begin to imagine what her family must be feeling right now.
Clara and Michael Sr. speak live to Troy Neff
To listen to them click the links below:
Clara:
http://www.troyneff.com/podcast/podaudio08/063008/claragagnon.mp3
Michael, Sr.
http://www.troyneff.com/podcast/podaudio08/063008/gagnonSr.mp3
It is nice to hear that she regrets writing what she wrote on her blog.
However, it appears they do plan on appealing the judgement handed down.
I can only pray that if they do it is either denied or that the new judge gives the same judgement or possibly even a harder judgement for them dragging this out even more.
43 years seems like a lot if it was one death. It’s 5 deaths. I think that’s what they don’t understand. It seems they are looking at this and lumping it all together and therefore thinking 43 years is a lot.
It’s only 8 years per each death and the 3 other years are for the damage that was done to the survivors. Sydney, Danny and Beau. Sydney got the worst damage and life for her is not the same, period. Without going into details, because I don’t want to share more than Jodie wants shared - but suffice it to say that Sydney has a long road to recovery and may never be “whole” again.
Danny and Beau are fairing much better, thank the Lord.