[buccaneer81]

I pray I never have to be on either side of such a tragic scene.

[the invisib1e hand]

stand between a man and his and you’ve got it coming to you.

[driftdiver]

tragedy and I can understand the father. hopfully the charges will be dropped but they appear to be the least of his worries.

[nmh]

Good grief!

Leave the DAD alone. If I were him, I’d do the same thing. If I couldn’t directly help, I’d want to be near the crew verbally encouraging my son. How dare these arseholes. Have a heart for the Dad.

[Eddie01]

The law better find WMDs.

[livius]

It was a stupid decision to charge him. Restrain him, yes, because you don’t want to stop the emergency workers from doing their job. But charging him was absolutely insane.

[BGHater]

The LEO no longer use discretion? Are they not, 'our' servants and not he master?

[Travis McGee]

God bless all the state troopers, who deal with this kind of tragedy week in and week out.

[AnAmericanMother]

They have no business charging the man. They might need to physically restrain him from interfering with the EMTs' work (although apparently it would have made no difference).

But why charge the man? No jury will convict him. Temporary insanity. Whatever.

This is a police state run wild. The sheriff's opinion that he 'crossed a line' is self-important bilge. Guess what, Mr. High Sheriff, the world does not revolve around you and your department, especially when a man's son is dead. He's got more on his plate than he can handle, already.

[cricket]

A sad and tragic story. . .

Do not think boys, in particular; or 'kids' in general; should be driving at sixteen. . .up the age requirement.

That said, prayers for this family.

[cricket]

. . .and a p.s. here; additionally pathetic; as it appears the boy was taken in a helicopter; while the Dad was arrested and so not at son's side.

[lightman]

The Carter’s will end up owning Pickaway County, and the taxpayers will be thanking the good Sgt for years to come.

[JoeSixPack1]

..., but we had a situation there with someone's life at stake.

No, you moron, not SOMEONE. The minor SON of the Man you were restraining.

[Shanty Shaker]

The scene control people should be moved to other responsibilities. They mishandled this.

[I see my hands]

"I'll discuss the case with the officer and see what his thoughts are"

If I were officer Bachnicki I'd be fearful.

[swmobuffalo]

“I pray I never have to be on either side of such a tragic scene.”

Me either but the cop was doing his job. The father would have been in the way. Had he restrained himself he would have been with his son instead of sitting in jail.

[dbwz]

What was Dad going to do once he reached his son, exactly? Was he going to throw the extrication crew aside and try to pull the boy out himself? Was he going to stand there and yell at them because they weren't working fast enough?

There's a reason family members are kept back from such scenes, and this man's reaction is the perfect illustration. He was far too emotional to be beneficial to the situation.

[Ghengis]

This was a rescue scene of a very nasty traffic accident. Often times there are life threatening hazards to all involved while rescue crews race a very short clock. As much sympathy as I have for the father -- I very likely would do the same as he -- I am not going to judge these emergency responders based on a very brief newspaper article.

As for the criminal charges. This is CYA liability protection mode. If they had restrained the father without the criminal charges, there is no official blame assigned to the father. Next thing you get a big, fat lawsuit. The first thing his attorney will ask, "If he behaved so badly that you had to restrain him, why didn't you file criminal charges?"

Its a bad situation all the way around. But this is how the silly lawsuits make a Police Officer to take care of a volatile scene while making sure he doesn't lose his shirt and his house.

Most importantly, prayers and condolences to the young man's family.

[BraveMan]

Make room for the Dad. Let him in. It's his last chance. He may have something important to say to his dying son . . .

Were it me, I've done my level best to subdue the authorities preventing me from seeing my son. Guilty as charged.

Sgt. Cory Bachnicki needs an attitude adjustment.

[dfwddr]

I was unfortunately in a very similar situation as this Dad on Jan. 26th of this year. Thank God, the end result was a whole lot different for me, as my daughter lived.
I have been critical of the LEO’s in Nashville in past dealings with them (on a professional level, not speeding tickets here..), however, during my whole ordeal, the LEO’s stood down for almost 2 hours before even approaching me. While I did give all EMT’s enough room, I stayed close enough so she could somehow know I was with her. The officer in charge actually hung out for over an hour in the ER before meekly asking me if he could have a few minutes of my time. For that consideration, I shall be ever grateful.

I have since run into that officer, on a professional basis, and had more problems, but I know in this officers heart, he knows what is right and wrong. God Bless him.

[razorback-bert]

Sgt. Cory Bachnicki

How did this clown become a Sgt?