Posted on 04/22/2010 6:03:32 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP/1010 WINS) -- The 18-year-old woman charged with vehicular manslaughter in the death of Hempstead woman told her side of the story Wednesday, and some of her comments are shocking.
Police say Kayla Gerdes was high on painkillers when she drove a van onto the front lawn and into a house in Hempstead, killing homeowner Rebecca Twine-Wright, 69, who was mowing her lawn.
Before her arraignment at Nassau County District Court on Wednesday, a very emotional Gerdes told reporters "I didn't mean to do it. The car went out of control -- I was pressing the brake...it was a was a mistake."
However, it's what she told police that is hard to believe.
At 2:10 a.m. Wednesday, about 16 hours after the Tuesday morning accident, in a statement to police, Gerdes was quoted as saying: "The thing that made me feel not so bad was she was old. "I mean, 70 years is a long time to live."
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She’s a great candidate for a position in Obama’s healthcare agency!
Liberals. The party of death. It’s not going to be a good time for the elderly under this new, communist regime. ObamaNation hates “old” people.
Sociopath.
That’s a deal. I don’t like ObamaNation either.
This is an airheaded 18 year old who does not grasp the meaning of what she is saying. This was a bad accident caused by her bad behavior. Charge and punish her based on that but grabbing at statements like this doesn't do anyone any good.
This girl is a prime example of how bad lifestyle choices and decisions can lead to horrible but unintended accidents. Hopefully her time in jail will give her a chance to stop, realize what she has done and get out of that lifestyle.
I would like to see her perspective on this after she lives to 70 years in jail.
This isn’t really a question of bad lifestyle choices but of people who care for no one but themselves.
Spot on!
With you. She’s just a stupid kid who was saying in a very stupid way she’s glad she didn’t hit a child, the van was that out of control.
She’s going to be charged on killing someone while DUI. That is the point, and that’s what to focus on.
Lol. That’s what I thought, too, at first.
Probably get something like 5 years for vehicular manslaughter or negligent homicide.
And when she's in prison for vehicular homicide she'll grasp the seriousness of her crime. Good place for her, too.
Yes, 70 years is a long time to live when you are already self-destructing by age 18.
Boy the jury of 12 who will all probably be over 40 is really going to love that old comment from you. That will most likely earn you a 2nd degree murder conviction and the judge will sentance her to the maximum time. What a stupid girl!
I need to get off Long Island...
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