Crash kills son; mom walks home

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER ^ | Tuesday, November 21, 2006 | TRACY JOHNSON

[Sopater]

Merrill said he'd never seen a similar situation and called it "absolutely unfathomable -- as a law-enforcement officer and a parent."

Snoqualmie city officials rushed to Whalawitsa's defense.

Good grief... Why bother?

[BlessedBeGod]

Wow! A female Teddy Kennedy!

[Quilla]

Sounds like something a Kennedy would do.

[Hoodlum91]

"Police say Whalawitsa left her son either dead or dying on the bank of the Snoqualmie River, walked a half-mile to her house and didn't go back to the crash site for at least seven hours. "

Time to elect her to the Senate.

[TChris]

It would seem Ted Kennedy has a sister.

[ArrogantBustard]

Kewl ... she and Fat Drunk Ted can go for a drive together.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Didn't she know that you only get away with walking away from a drunk car crash if you're the Senior Senator from Massachusetts?

[VRWCmember]

WWTKD?

[jrp]

...and didn't go back to the crash site for at least seven hours.

To prove that crime, prosecutors would have to show she was either impaired by alcohol or drugs...

Determining whether a driver was intoxicated can be difficult if many hours have passed before the person is arrested.

[rusureitflies?]

Now (altho late) is the time for AA

[BibChr]

If Kennedy were a Republican, reporters would be asking him for his reaction.

There is no statute of limitations for Republicans.

[bondjamesbond]

Clearly this woman belongs in the United States Senate.

[F-117A]

Is this her? Director of Administrative Services

[metmom]

Mayor Matt Larson said he believes Whalawitsa was knocked out, awoke to find herself alone in the mangled car and -- perhaps because she was disoriented -- mistakenly concluded her son had gone home himself.

He's being too generous. Any mother in her right mind would FIRST look for her child. She was home for ten hours and didn't notice he wasn't there? Ten hours and not report an accident? She must have been really plowed and wanted a chance to have everything clear out of her system first.

[Doctor Raoul]

A crash that went undiscovered for hours left a man dead and police puzzled over why his mother -- who'd allegedly been driving -- simply crawled out of the overturned car and walked home.

Because she was channeling Ted Kennedy...?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for the young man, may he rest in peace.

[bigfootbob]

Yes

[RockinRight]

We've found the heir to Teddy's throne.

[the OlLine Rebel]

"Mayor Matt Larson said he believes Whalawitsa was knocked out, awoke to find herself alone in the mangled car and -- perhaps because she was disoriented -- mistakenly concluded her son had gone home himself.

"Larson said Whalawitsa was so out of it that she stumbled into the river before making her way up the embankment to the road."



She must've been really drunk to have no clue.

Only if not was she really callous.

[JamesP81]

Before we jump all over this person, it's a well known fact that people who have been sufficiently traumatized will do some truly weird stuff when it happens. I'll wait for the evidence to come out before saying anything one way or another.