OT AND DISTURBING
Delaware has a new law in which causing a death in a traffic accident can result in a midemeanor charge which carries a potential jail term of 2 1/2 years.
In the newly announced case, the fatal collision occurred about 4:30 p.m. just south of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal at the corner of Del. 896 and Bethel Church Road.
Cecil was driving south on the highway in a Ford S350 pick-up truck pulling a horse trailer, when he hit the driver’s side of a Ford Tempo that Soriano was driving east on Bethel Church Road, Aviola said.
Soriano went into cardiac arrest as he was being airlifted by Delaware State Police helicopter to Christiana Hospital near Stanton, where he was pronounced dead, New Castle County paramedics spokeswoman Kelli Starr-Leach said at the time. Cecil was not injured.
So, a fender-bender can result in serious jail time? Something doesn’t seem quite right here.
2 Responses to “OT AND DISTURBING”
Comment by Traci February 14th, 2004 at 8:12 pm |
Daryl, I know that for those people living w/ the knowledge that they were at the wheel and hurt or killed people that they loved is totally tramatic… To this day they can’t forgive themselves & ask if only…I had done ???? In cases like that I don’t know what having the drivers serve jail time would accomplish? They serve jail every day in their heads. I truly feel for the families that have lost their loved ones by traffic accidents but jail time for people who weren’t drunk or knowingly reckless at the time won’t make things better. |
Comment by Laura February 15th, 2004 at 9:02 pm |
I’m horrified at the thought of my daughter making a driving error due to inexperience, and killing someone. She’d never get over it. She’s had her permit since July, and drives to school every day with me in the passenger seat. Her driving is pretty good now, but it will be a long, long time before I’m comfortable with letting her drive alone, especially in this city. It was very different in the small town where I grew up. |