Posted on 08/07/2015 4:46:02 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Kevin Ward Jr. was killed August 9 after he got out of his wrecked sprint car and went to confront Stewart during a yellow flag caution period at Canandaigua Motorsports Park. After one car narrowly missed Ward, Stewart drove by and Ward was struck by the right rear tire of Stewart’s car and slung down the track.
Ward, 20, died of massive blunt trauma as paramedics drove him to a hospital.
His parents, Kevin and Pamela Ward, filed a wrongful death suit asking for unspecified financial compensation. The suit was filed in Lewis County, where the family lives.
Stewart was not criminally charged in the incident. On Friday, Stewart was practicing 175 miles away for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International race track on Sunday, an event he skipped last year after Ward was killed. He also skipped the next two NASCAR events.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
My family member walks out onto the I-4 and I-275 interchange in Tampa high on pot, at dusk wearing a dark outfit and a dark helmet ...jumping in front of cars...
I sue the guy who killed my family member
What's my chance of winning ???
he gunned the engine
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One can argue that was an attempt to get the car lower on the track.
NOT....ONE....NICKEL!
They sign liability releases. The releases trump their claim
The evidence doesn’t back what you are saying.
Sadly, you’d be surprised what results you can get when a pusillanimous judge lets a cr@p case go to a gullible jury.
And it happens frequently.
Hmm, guess you know better than the investigators and grand jury?
but the panel found no “aberrational driving.”
and...
toxicology report revealed that Ward was under the influence of marijuana at the time of the accident — “enough to impair judgment.”
it was reckless driving....tony swerved right into the guy....two hotheads on a race track can sometimes lead to this end....
I hope the case is thrown out and he countersues for damages to his car and all the other things he’s had to go through because of Ward’s stupid and reckless behavior.
See post 27.
If:
1)Your family member is black
2)The guy who hit him/her was white
3)The trial takes place in Ferguson,MO
Your chances of winning are damn good.
look at the video....Steward gunned the engine and turned right into the guy....
sorry....that is what happened...
if you hit someone who's walking in the street, and the camera shows you deliberately drove into him, its no question, you are guilty..no matter if the guy was in the street...
Sounds like he might have been getting back at him for an earlier incident
Yep. In that type of car the steering is frequently done with the throttle.
Ward was also responsible for the initial accident.
I saw the video. Kid got out of his car. His fault. Steward tried to send him a message and overcompensated. Kid dead.
Fault: Kid
Not being an expert on any of this, but I always assumed the driver’s vision was eclipsed by another auto until too late. Gunning engines probably goes with car racing.
Tantillo said that Stewart did not change course as he passed Ward and that the fishtail movement of his racecar seen on a widely viewed video of the accident came at impact and was a result of his car’s hitting Ward.
Tantillo in this upcoming quote is the County District Attorney that took the case to the grand jury:
Tantillo said that Stewart did not change course as he passed Ward and that the fishtail movement of his racecar seen on a widely viewed video of the accident came at impact and was a result of his car’s hitting Ward.
Steward tried to send him a message and overcompensated.
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I highly doubt Stewart even did that.
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