Posted on 04/11/2017 2:06:43 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
UVALDE — Court records released Tuesday bolstered reports that Jack D. Young was texting before crashing his pickup into a small church bus March 29 on U.S. 83, killing 13 people, and also reveal that he had earlier consumed prescription pills and was in possession of marijuana.
The northbound 2007 Dodge pickup driven by Young, 20, of Leakey, crossed the highway’s center line on a curve and hit the bus carrying 14 congregants of the First Baptist Church of New Braunfels home from a retreat. Only one bus passenger survived.
A neighbor later reported that Young had driven that morning to Uvalde to fill drug prescriptions, and a passenger in a vehicle behind Young captured his truck on a video weaving from side to side over several miles before the deadly crash about six miles north of Concan.
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Besides evidence from the motorists' video, Young reported after the crash that he had earlier consumed two pills of Clonazepam — which Young said make him sleepy — and the generic forms of the prescription drugs Ambien and Lexapro, the trooper wrote. An unidentified pharmacist quoted in the affidavit said the drug combination could have impaired a driver by causing drowsiness or sleep.
Hewitt's affidavit also quotes another trooper as saying two intact marijuana cigarettes were recovered from the center console of Young's truck, as well as five partially smoked joints, after the crash.
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Driver involved in crash with church bus, killing 13, was 20-year-old former football player
I’m just here to watch FReepers ignore the proximate cause (texting) and blame the pot.
*pulls up a chair and grabs some popcorn*
Me too. Pass the popcorn.
Ok, I’ll go first . . .
“Victimless” crime per ACLU et al
This is new news. I’m leaning - not towards blaming texting or even pot.
But blaming Ambien.
This guy was sleep-driving. For over 20 miles.
“I’m just here to watch FReepers ignore the proximate cause (texting) and blame the pot.”
Was he stoned enough to think texting while driving was a good idea?
“Young reported after the crash that he had earlier consumed two pills of Clonazepam — which Young said make him sleepy — and the generic forms of the prescription drugs Ambien and Lexapro....”
He was wasted.
Too early in the investigation to assign proximate cause.
And we don’t have all the facts.
That truck had to be doing some serious weaving in and out of the lanes to grab the attention people in the car and start filming. Pot has different affects on people. Obviously this guy could not handle it.
Yes he was. From what little I know about these drugs - this would explain a lot.
“...He was wasted....”
Yep. And a lot worse than drunk driving ever was.
He needs to be put away for a looonnnnggggg time.
While I’m sure pot had a lot to do with what happened, I don’t think that was the primary cause here.
“Besides evidence from the motorists’ video, Young reported after the crash that he had earlier consumed two pills of Clonazepam — which Young said make him sleepy — and the generic forms of the prescription drugs Ambien and Lexapro, the trooper wrote. An unidentified pharmacist quoted in the affidavit said the drug combination could have impaired a driver by causing drowsiness or sleep.”
Ambien and Lexapro is the key here.
Shhh.... pot is like Islam: you cannot criticize it. Ever.
I was going to comment that the fool was texting. Ya beat me to it.
Excuse worked for Kennedy was it Patrick or Joe?
For all you “Conservatives?” out there who want to legalize everything...read and learn.
He could be facing 13 counts of intoxication manslaughter. 2 to 20 years per count.
Is there such a concept as “negligent homicide?”
5.56mm
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