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Vermont police say 5 people killed by wrong-way driver
AP via Fox News ^ | October 09, 2016 | AP

Posted on 10/09/2016 8:39:47 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows

WILLISTON, Vt. – A man driving the wrong way on an interstate highway in Vermont spawned several crashes that left five high school juniors dead, an unknown number injured and at least two vehicles in flames, including a stolen police cruiser, state police said Sunday.

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To: vladimir998

“The perp was ejected from the vehicle. He lived.”

Hopefully a temporary condition.


21 posted on 10/09/2016 10:30:07 PM PDT by princeofdarkness (Leftists. Their only response to failure is to double down.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Howard Dean is on the loose again?


22 posted on 10/09/2016 10:30:31 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; DoughtyOne
IRC, the thought is that alcohol relaxes the body, which lessens the damage.

This common explanation always seemed like BS to me. What seems more likely is that in many drunk driving crashes the drunk driver crosses the center line or runs a red light and impacts the side of another vehicle. So the people who are hit from the side may be killed while the drunk driver is partially protected by the mass of his own engine.

This particular case may be different but the article did say that the driver of the police car is in critical condition.

23 posted on 10/09/2016 11:05:43 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: Sioux-san

What a mess. Sounds like the wheels fell off this guy...

He’s a wreck in more than one way now.

This is an awful thing. Through no fault of their own, five kids were killed.


24 posted on 10/09/2016 11:30:37 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (30 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Gets my vote!

I can think of one thing better though.

This was gross negligence. He deserves to fry.


25 posted on 10/09/2016 11:31:29 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (30 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: piytar

If he didn’t make it, sure would be a shame. /s


26 posted on 10/09/2016 11:32:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (30 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: piytar

I agree...


27 posted on 10/09/2016 11:33:15 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (30 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: wideminded

One other thing is that the dangerous driver has his hands on the wheel, and can hold on a bit. I know when there is jostling, the passenger is tossed around a lot more.


28 posted on 10/09/2016 11:37:59 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (30 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

The teens killed in the crash (clockwise from top left): Mary Harris, Liam Hale, Janie Cozzi, Eli Brookens and Cyrus Zschau. (Facebook/Instagram)

29 posted on 10/09/2016 11:39:58 PM PDT by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: DoughtyOne

I agree, but he won’t.


30 posted on 10/10/2016 12:20:31 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (My music: http://hopalongginsberg.com/ | Facebook: Hopalong Ginsberg)
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To: DoughtyOne
This was gross negligence. He deserves to fry.

Gross negligence is no big deal.

Ask FBI Director James Comey.

31 posted on 10/10/2016 12:37:00 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Slings and Arrows

I agree, and I would have to say I was tired and termed this incorrectly.

This wasn’t negligence. It was a concerted effort.

What an absolute low-life.


32 posted on 10/10/2016 8:16:16 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (28 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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To: cynwoody

LOL

Yes, you’re right. And it wasn’t negligence either.

It was a concerted effort. I was tired.


33 posted on 10/10/2016 8:17:01 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (28 days: Until Presdient Pre-elect becomes President Elect Donald J. Trump. Help is on the way!)
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