110 years does seem a bit extreme without knowing more than a headline and paragraph from a media that is full of narrative pushing liars. I wasn’t at the trial, nor was I personally impacted by the actions.
What are you soft on crime?
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Yeah I know. This guy was set in a truck on a dangerous route without proper training or the ability to speak English natively. Then when he got into trouble he didn’t know how to handle it and as a result a lot of people were hurt and killed.
Why aren’t they looking at root causes here? They’re just trying to extract vengeance. Meanwhile the christmas parade killer who DELIBERATELY ran over a crowd of old ladies was released on bail? This is upside down.
The crash site is over four miles from Dakota Ridge at the bottom of the Floyd Hill grade. Even without brakes, there was plenty of runway to allow the truck to coast to a stop. I do not believe he made any serious attempt to do that.
In fact, I do not believe the driver's story at all. If he was doing "twice the speed limit" at the bottom of Floyd Hill, he could not have made the turn at Dakota Ridge. He would have tipped the truck and dumped the load right there.
That driver should never get out of jail.
He smoked 4 humans whom had families, dreams, and aspirations.
Brakes on a semi don’t just “go out.” That is utter bullshit, I’m a former flatbed driver.
He intentionally didn’t perform his brake checks and pre-trip inspection before he got into the cab. Failing to own up to it, he also refused to stick his truck in the grass like he should have.
110 is the correct sentence, with the sheer number of counts he had.
The driver WILLFULLY and INTENTIONALLY killed 4 people by burning them to death. It was no “accident”.