Two people were killed and three injured when a suspected drunk driver slammed into a taco truck in Boyle Heights. (KTLA-TV) Two people were killed and three injured when a suspected drunk driver slammed into a taco truck in Boyle Heights. (KTLA-TV) The ugly side of drinking and driving.
I’m going to place the blame for the deaths and injuries completely on the drunken driver.
Now what to do with her?
Even with two counts of vehicular homicide I doubt the death penalty is legal in California.
Just a side comment, Cesar Chavez Avenue probably has more taco trucks per mile than most other streets.
Drinking and driving is stupid and wrong.
A hot police pursuit under these circumstances is stupid and wrong.
Police need to have strict rules regarding when a pursuit is appropriate. It is almost certain that these two people would still be alive if they had not pursued the driver after trying to pull her over. They had her license info so they could have picked her up later without incident. Much safer to let a drunk drive on home rather than chase them at high speed....stupid, so effing stupid.
Many on here might not like this but this is one good reason for the coming aerial drones in police work. No need for pursuits. Drone monitors and updates from above and suspect can be taken into custody without a major incident.
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Atacolypse Now!
This happens on the day that Rodney King is found dead.
The torch is passed.
When LEO try to pull someone over and they run the odds of that runner
getting in to a serious or fatal accident skyrocket. If the drunk is dangerous while trying to sneak home while trying to not draw attention to their driving just imagine how much more of a danger they pose as they try to escape from the red lights in the mirror. The risk of a drunk killing someone is real, the risk of that same drunk killing someone when they run from LEO is even higher. If there are methods to interdict and arrest DUI’s without inducing a high speed chase those methods should be used. Chasing a drunk is a recipe for an accident.
And while Kali has a death penalty in theory it’s virtually never used.
Death row inmates in Kali are something like 10 times more likely to
die of old age on death row than to be executed.