[shhrubbery!]

Charges better be filed if a man lost his life because the congressman ran the intersection.

It might have been an unmarked intersection. There were plenty of those in the rural Midwest when I grew up there. In the blinding prairie sunlight, and with crops growing tall along the roadside, it might have been very hard to see a motorcyclist.

But if it can been shown the congressman was drunk or negligent, he should suffer the consequences. I'm sure he's suffering plenty already.

[mewzilla]

If the congressman has a car with a black box I think the investigation will be pretty simple.

[spunkets]

The intersection was marked, both ways with the appropriate ID signs. The bike was headed east on 14. The congressman was headed S on 13. I'd guess their would be no stop for the bike, but one for those on 13. 14 is a major e-w road. Looks like the congressman wasn't watching where he was going and the cops are offering him help. Folks don't run intersections; they run stop signs. The biker should have seen the intersection sign and anticipated though.

[thegreatbeast]

It might have been an unmarked intersection. There were plenty of those in the rural Midwest when I grew up there. In the blinding prairie sunlight, and with crops growing tall along the roadside, it might have been very hard to see a motorcyclist. Or maybe it was swamp gas, or the planet Venus.... No, seriously, no one has any excuse to run an intersection. Charge the congressman with reckless driving or something. He did wrong and must face the consequences but, no, there is no reason to think that this should be manslaughter or anything. Feeling bad about something is not sufficient punishment for the loss of a life.