[HiJinx]

O'Brien is accused of hitting and killing a 43-year-old pedestrian as the man was jaywalking across Glendale Avenue near 19th Avenue, authorities said.

The posted speed limit on Glendale Ave. at 19th is 40 MPH (IIRC) and the actual speed of traffic there is closer to 47-50 MPH. It's just an unfortunate coincidence that Bishop O'Brien is the one who hit the jaywalker Reed...

Would we be seeing this on Fox News if the driver had been one of us? Somehow, I don't think so...and sadly, it could just as easily have been one of us.

[RobbyS]

I would have stopped.

[RobRoy]

>>Would we be seeing this on Fox News if the driver had been one of us? Somehow, I don't think so...and sadly, it could just as easily have been one of us.<<

No.

Because one of us would have stopped. A lot of people are missing the point here. His crime was not hitting a j-walker. If he had stopped, he would have no charges against him, unless he had some other, as yet unknown, crime from which he was running (drunk; girlfriend with him, etc.)

The reason he is in trouble is that it appears that he left the scene.

Remember, when you hit a J-walker, it's not your fault. You are the victim.

Oh, and if the windshield was broken, any - I repeat, ANY - reasonable person would stop, get out, and see what the heck it was that he just hit. That is, unless he was really drunk or had something else to hide.

[IrishRainy]

Actually, I think Fox News has been one of the better stations as far as handling this story over the last year. I called them today to tell them exactly that, especially John Hook -- what a classy guy! Compared to Channel 12 and 15, at least, where they seem almost giddy every time they report on the "Crisis."