Posted on 03/14/2009 10:26:45 PM PDT by yankeedame
Well, seems no one clear here by reporting thus far; as to whether Stallworth was 'going' to work; or returning from - or continuing - an 'evening of recreation'. . .from which we might draw our own conclusions as to legal ramifications here.
However, they do raise the question of legality of victim - that is to say. . .whether the victim was 'legally' or NOT; 'walking' with 'right-of-way'.
From what I saw on TV the pedestrian was in an area not intended for walking.***
Which is typical in Miami.
Sign of the economic times. Some pedestrians will jump at the chance to jump in front of your moving vehicle.
Frugality in tough economic times. I would do the same.
Walking is regulated. Around here you can get ticketed for jaywalking and if you don’t pay the fine they throw you in jail at $10 a day last I heard.
When do pedestrians become roadkill?
When they jaywalk.
This car crash thread is no better than the Cable sNooz’s lineup of chils murderers and police chases...FReeper are better than this???
It’s impossible to get details on anything anymore. The papers aren’t going out of business by accident. Maybe some of the all infomertial TV stations will next.
Wrong. Alcohol is neutral. Just like any other thing a person can abuse, it is the person who can do terrible things because of it.
Jesus drank wine. To say he would use a "terrible, terrible drug" is to assign sin to him.
Would that include family pets, children, deer and moose?
The #1 "roadkill" killer of motorists is the white-tailed deet. I think we need to license better drivers.
You are just wrong on that one.
Accidents happen. I live in the country with very many deer neighbors. One ran into the driver’s side door on my truck after I slowed down to turn in to my driveway. I never saw him. I think we need to license pedestrian people and deer. ;0)
I’ll bet you a dollar to a donut that Stallworth was fiddling with his cell phone and drifted over to hit the poor dude.
“on a busy causeway “
A common Miami thing. It’s like some kind of game.
Separate the football team from the rest of the UT graduates. I am sure Oklahoma, Florida, FSU, and USC have their fine share of student athletes that have become productive members of society.
From the picture posted above, if the victim was at or near the light, then Stallworth should have been prepared to yield for pedestrians.
Also, Stallworth’s cell phone records will show whether he was text messaging or talking at the time.
More details — this strongly implies that Stallworth went off the side of the road and struck the victim who was at the roadside waiting for a bus. The victom was NOT a drunk or streetperson, he had just finished his work shift right at the scene:
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Stallworth, 28, was headed eastbound in his black Bentley about 7:17 a.m. when he plowed into 59-year-old Mario Reyes near the stop light at Terminal Island, according to police.
A Bentley with heavy front-end damage and without its passenger side mirror was towed into the police parking lot about 1 p.m.
The crash flung Reyes about a dozen feet, said co-worker Renier Calana.
‘’We had all finished working all night, and when the time came for him to leave, he grabbed his stuff and headed to the bus stop out front,’’ said Calana, who worked with Reyes unloading the cargo containers from the Port of Miami.
``We could hear the impact. We all ran out, and he was lying there unconscious in the middle. The police and ambulance came. He was alive when they took him, they tried to revive him but it didn’t work.’’
Sanchez said Reyes was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.
JUST FINISHED WORK
Reyes, a crane operator with shipping company Bernuth Agencies, located just feet from where the crash occurred, had clocked out only seven minutes before he was struck by Stallworth’s Bentley.
The crash happened near the bus stop where he waited every morning for a bus ride home to Southwest Miami-Dade, where he lived with his wife and daughter, according to co-workers.
A GOOD FRIEND
Calana said Reyes was a good friend and hard worker, and often talked about his 14-year-old daughter.
‘’He loved her. He talked about her all the time. They were very close,’’ he said.
Traffic on the MacArthur, Venetian and Julia Tuttle causeways was backed up to the mainland for hours Saturday because of the accident.
Stallworth, who records show owns two condos downtown and in midtown, has played for four different teams in the past four years and is coming off the least productive of his seven NFL seasons.
PAST TROUBLE
Stallworth’s driving has gotten him in trouble with Miami Beach police before.
In March of 2006, while a member of the New Orleans Saints, Stallworth was arrested after resisting arrest during a traffic stop.
He was pulled over in his black 2005 Bentley just after 5 a.m. on Washington Avenue for driving with an expired paper tag.
According to an arrest report, Stallworth tried to drive away from officers and then refused to step out of his car, shut off the Bentley’s engine or get off his cellphone.
Charges were filed, but he was not prosecuted.
How do you know he wasn’t meeting friends for breakfast? Fishing? Going to the gym?
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