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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
Another SUV owned and driven by someone who had no need
for a vehicle of that type nor the expertise to drive it safely. Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile Father killed at the scene http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews...2_20040204.htm MOUNT CLEMENS MICH -- A man was arraigned Wednesday on charges stemming from a hit-and-run accident in which a 1-year-old girl survived being dragged a mile in her stroller. Robert W. Gallas, 47, of Macomb County's Clinton Township was charged in 41B District Court with six felony counts. His attorney, Brian Legghio, entered innocent pleas to all six, said Linda Anderson, criminal clerk. The charges included one count of operating while intoxicated, causing death; two counts of operating while intoxicated, causing serious injury; and three counts of failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death. If convicted, the first count is punishable with a prison sentence of up to 15 years. Each of the remaining five counts is punishable by up to five years behind bars. Bond was set at $1 million and a preliminary examination was scheduled for Feb. 14, Anderson said. A telephone message seeking comment from Legghio was left at his office after the arraignment. Clinton Township police accused Gallas of driving his sport utility vehicle into a couple Tuesday evening as they pushed their baby girl in a stroller alongside a road in the township, which is in northeastern metro Detroit. The accident killed the child's father, Roland Young Jr., 20, of Hamtramck. He was pronounced dead at Mount Clemens General Hospital. The baby, Deborah Young, was listed in fair condition Wednesday at University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. Her mother, Sharita Wilson, 19, was in fair condition at the Mount Clemens hospital. The accident was reported at 7:18 p.m. Tuesday. It happened on a dark stretch of road right in front of Brian Yonka, who was headed in the opposite direction. Yonka, a 23-year-old Army reservist from Mount Clemens, said the vehicle appeared to cross the white line on the road's right edge before hitting the family and continuing down the road. He immediately stopped his car to help aid the victims and try to identify the hit-and-run vehicle. "I turned to look because I was trying to get a license plate number but all I could see was sparks and stuff coming out from underneath the Jeep," he said. The sparks apparently were caused by the stroller -- which had become lodged in the grill with the baby still inside -- being dragged along on the pavement as the SUV sped away. Yonka did not see the stroller and police didn't learn about the baby until the mother inquired about her as paramedics treated the woman. A team of citizens, police officers and firefighters found the crying child still strapped inside the mangled stroller about a mile down the road. She suffered cuts to her face. The hit-and-run driver apparently stopped the vehicle, freed the stroller from the grill and drove off. A police officer arrested Gallas around 11 p.m. Tuesday. © copyright 2004 Detroit Free Press -- LP In politics, moderation is the best policy. |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
"Le Mod Pol" wrote in message ... Another SUV owned and driven by someone who had no need for a vehicle of that type nor the expertise to drive it safely. Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile Father killed at the scene http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews...2_20040204.htm MOUNT CLEMENS MICH -- A man was arraigned Wednesday on charges stemming from a hit-and-run accident in which a 1-year-old girl survived being dragged a mile in her stroller. Robert W. Gallas, 47, of Macomb County's Clinton Township was charged in 41B District Court with six felony counts. His attorney, Brian Legghio, entered innocent pleas to all six, said Linda Anderson, criminal clerk. The charges included one count of operating while intoxicated, causing death; two counts of operating while intoxicated, causing serious injury; and three counts of failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death. The cause was drunk driving, it has little to do with the SUV. People have driven drunk and killed people in compacts. |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
Bill 2 wrote: "Le Mod Pol" wrote in message ... Another SUV owned and driven by someone who had no need for a vehicle of that type nor the expertise to drive it safely. Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile Father killed at the scene http://www.freep.com/news/latestnews...2_20040204.htm MOUNT CLEMENS MICH -- A man was arraigned Wednesday on charges stemming from a hit-and-run accident in which a 1-year-old girl survived being dragged a mile in her stroller. Robert W. Gallas, 47, of Macomb County's Clinton Township was charged in 41B District Court with six felony counts. His attorney, Brian Legghio, entered innocent pleas to all six, said Linda Anderson, criminal clerk. The charges included one count of operating while intoxicated, causing death; two counts of operating while intoxicated, causing serious injury; and three counts of failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death. The cause was drunk driving, it has little to do with the SUV. People have driven drunk and killed people in compacts. 1- Maybe he would have had better control if he was in a compact 2- It is the arrogance of the typical SUV driver that makes them think they are kings of the road and allows them to think nothing can happen to them. -- LP In politics, moderation is the best policy. |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
"Bill 2" wrote:
The cause was drunk driving, it has little to do with the SUV. People have driven drunk and killed people in compacts. Talking sense to a turd is a waste of time. |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
dns wrote: "Bill 2" wrote: The cause was drunk driving, it has little to do with the SUV. People have driven drunk and killed people in compacts. Talking sense to a turd is a waste of time. Then I guess I am wasting my time here. In SUVs we are talking about a class of vehicles, responsible for 75% of the vehicle fatalities, which is grossly disproportunate to the number of the class on the road. The drunk's condition. in this case, was the primary cause. The secondary cause was his choice of vehicle which was too much vehicle for his capabilities. As a onetime Land Rover owner, I have the knowledge and experience. -- LP In politics, moderation is the best policy. |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
"Le Mod Pol" wrote in message ... 1- Maybe he would have had better control if he was in a compact No, he demonstrated negligence and a total lack of control, it wouldn't matter what vehicle he was in. I'm sure when sober he wouldn't try to run over people. 2- It is the arrogance of the typical SUV driver that makes them think they are kings of the road and allows them to think nothing can happen to them. It is the lack of inhibitions brought on by alcohol that causes people to do stupid things when drunk. |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
I found Le Mod Pol particularly disengaged when he wrote:
The cause was drunk driving, it has little to do with the SUV. People have driven drunk and killed people in compacts. 1- Maybe he would have had better control if he was in a compact In winter. In Michigan. Yer joking, right? 2- It is the arrogance of the typical SUV driver that makes them think they are kings of the road and allows them to think nothing can happen to them. Yea, it's pretty amazing. My mom had a minivan but now she has an Explorer and she's gone from a pleasent, law-abiding driver to a monster-truck driving, fire-breathing, CAR-KRUsh1nG MAN1IAC!!!!!! -TOE "Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." -P.J. O'Rourke |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
Le Mod Pol wrote in message ...
Another SUV owned and driven by someone who had no need for a vehicle of that type nor the expertise to drive it safely. Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile Father killed at the scene sarcasm on Yes, it would have been much more acceptable if the drunk who ran these people over ran them over with a car. sarcasm off Idiot. |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
I find your stat of " 75% of the vehicle fatalities" questionable at best.
Where does this stat come from? "Le Mod Pol" wrote in message ... dns wrote: "Bill 2" wrote: The cause was drunk driving, it has little to do with the SUV. People have driven drunk and killed people in compacts. Talking sense to a turd is a waste of time. Then I guess I am wasting my time here. In SUVs we are talking about a class of vehicles, responsible for 75% of the vehicle fatalities, which is grossly disproportunate to the number of the class on the road. The drunk's condition. in this case, was the primary cause. The secondary cause was his choice of vehicle which was too much vehicle for his capabilities. As a onetime Land Rover owner, I have the knowledge and experience. -- LP In politics, moderation is the best policy. |
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Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 23:18:37 -0500, Le Mod Pol
wrote: Another SUV owned and driven by someone who had no need for a vehicle of that type nor the expertise to drive it safely. Baby survives after hit-and-run driver drags stroller a mile Father killed at the scene All this killer has to do is say he's a republican and he'll get off with a wrist slap just like highway killer and republican icon Bill Janklow did. Repugs are all criminal coddlers. |
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