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Driver of truck that killed 5 bicyclists on Nevada highway had high level of meth in his system, prosecutors say
CBS ^ | 12/17/20

Posted on 12/17/2020 11:38:41 AM PST by Meatspace

The driver of a box truck that struck and killed five bicyclists on a stretch of Nevada highway last week, and told investigators he fell asleep at the wheel, had a high level of methamphetamine in his system, prosecutors said Wednesday. Jordan Alexander Barson, 45, of Kingman, Arizona, faces 12 felony charges, including driving under the influence and reckless driving, in a criminal complaint filed in Las Vegas.

"Choices have consequences," Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said after a Las Vegas judge issued a warrant for Barson's arrest in the Dec. 10 crash on U.S. 95 between Boulder City and Searchlight, Nevada.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: bicycle; bicycles; bike; bikes; cannabis; cycling; cyclist; dea; drug; drunkdriver; dui; dwi; fbi; impaired; lasvegas; legalization; lvnv; meth; methamphetamine; methheads; methlovingfreepers; nevada; truck; wod
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To: Don Corleone

Legalize Meth and the other drugs. Then that won’t be a crime...


I know you were being sarcastic, but I will drive your point home with this: Alcohol is legal. He’d face the same charges if he was drunk.


21 posted on 12/17/2020 11:56:48 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Meatspace

Ahh... one doesn’t fall asleep with that amount of meth in your system. He might of thought the bicyclists were shadow people.

During my years of drug counseling I’d ask each the meth users how many days or longest they would’ve stayed awake before crashing. The most extreme cases were 29 days without sleeping the longest was 32 days.


22 posted on 12/17/2020 12:06:00 PM PST by crager (I went to look for myself and if I happen to return while I'm gone tell me to wait.)
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To: Hardastarboard

Exactly.


23 posted on 12/17/2020 12:10:52 PM PST by Meatspace
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To: crager

I have known and worked with people with the same issue. Never knew anyone that was an a 32 day crank binge, but after five or six days, they are bat poop crazy.

No one more crazy than a middle age dude on crank.


24 posted on 12/17/2020 12:14:37 PM PST by Meatspace
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To: crager
....During my years of drug counseling I’d ask each the meth users how many days or longest they would’ve stayed awake before crashing. The most extreme cases were 29 days without sleeping the longest was 32 days.

Are you for real? Seriously? I'll confess total ignorance, but I would never have guessed anywhere near that. Lord, don't people die from lack of sleep?

25 posted on 12/17/2020 12:15:02 PM PST by gloryblaze
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To: Meatspace

Drugs or not I think it ‘s simply insane to allow bicyclists on major highways used by big semi trucks. I know the cyclists will strenuously object but the two are simply incompatible. No matter how carefully planned the cycling events are, accidents will happen and cyclists will get the worst of it.


26 posted on 12/17/2020 12:16:56 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: Bernard Marx

"...incompatible..."


Are motorcycles allowed there? How about modest-sized sedans?
Or does everything need to weigh 15,000+ pounds to be permitted?
This is precisely the banning technique gungrabbers use, BTW...


27 posted on 12/17/2020 12:21:44 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Don Corleone

By George, that’s the answer!


28 posted on 12/17/2020 12:23:06 PM PST by Obadiah
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To: Hardastarboard

And if you give me weed, whites and wine
And show me a sign
I’ll be willin’ to be movin’
- Little Feat (and the great Lowell George)


29 posted on 12/17/2020 12:47:17 PM PST by Roadrunner383
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To: Roadrunner383

Love that song. Takes me back to weirder days.


30 posted on 12/17/2020 1:01:52 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (I voted...but it doesn't matter.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Virginia is for gamblers and potheads.


31 posted on 12/17/2020 1:08:59 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: Meatspace
The killer looks like he has Down's Syndrome. He don't look right.


32 posted on 12/17/2020 1:09:13 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (Guide me, O thou great redeemer, pilgrim through this barren land.)
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33 posted on 12/17/2020 1:11:53 PM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“The killer looks like he has Down’s Syndrome. He don’t look right.”

A few too many meth binges will do that to a person.


34 posted on 12/17/2020 1:14:33 PM PST by Meatspace
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To: Blue Jays

Motorcycles are different - they travel in the lanes and at highway speeds. Bicycles are moseying along at 10-15 mph while traffic is whizzing by at 65+, so there is a huge speed differential.


35 posted on 12/17/2020 1:18:25 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Meatspace
"Choices have consequences," Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said.

Agreed. A bunch of idiots made the choice to ride their bicycles on a highway. Too bad they were killed but smarter decisions about where to go cycling could have saved their lives.

36 posted on 12/17/2020 1:23:58 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Democrats are corruption superspreaders.)
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To: Blue Jays

It’s not the size, it’s the speed. Ask yourself why bicycles are mostly restricted to bike lanes on city streets. I used to drive trucks and when they’re fully loaded it takes a while to make a panic stop under the best conditions. Coming onto a bunch of bikes hidden by a curve is a problem for a loaded semi traveling at 80 mph or faster, which is the new “normal” on interstates — I just got back from an 800 mile trip so I know that for a fact. I guess if cyclists want to risk their own butts they can.


37 posted on 12/17/2020 1:25:08 PM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: Disambiguator

Doing that is simply shifting blame to other innocent road users.
It was a straight, open, and clear road during daylight hours with riders undoubtedly wearing bright colors with their ubiquitous strobes.
The fatalities were caused by a speeding DUI driver, blasted on meth, who failed to maintain control and smashed his truck into other lawful road users.


38 posted on 12/17/2020 1:26:22 PM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: TexasGator

The INITIAL report said this:

“The uninjured truck driver remained on the scene, cooperated with investigators, and impairment does not appear to be an issue, officials said.”

It didn’t say anything about an arrest. Clearly that didn’t happen until the results of the blood test came in.

The link was provided in post 11 for your reading pleasure.


39 posted on 12/17/2020 1:42:31 PM PST by Fresh Wind ("This claim about election fraud is disputed.")
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To: Fresh Wind

“It didn’t say anything about an arrest. Clearly that didn’t happen until the results of the blood test came in.

The link was provided in post 11 for your reading pleasure.”

At the time of the original articles you reference he hadn’t been arrested. duh

He was arrested yesterday, ten days after the wreck.


40 posted on 12/17/2020 1:50:40 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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