Thursday, September 2, 2010

Porn Watching Trucker Receives Prison Sentence in Vehicular Homicide Tragedy

Back in May I told you about the guilty plea to vehicular homicide charges of the porn-watching trucker who killed the Batavia, New York woman.  This afternoon, Ohio.com is reporting that the trucker, Thomas Wallace of Brook Park, Ohio has received a sentence of 3 to 9 years. 

Here's the story:

"An Ohio truck driver whose laptop computer was streaming pornography when his rig hit a disabled car on the New York State Thruway has been sentenced to three-to-nine years in prison for killing the other driver. Thomas Wallace of Brook Park, Ohio, pleaded guilty in May to second-degree manslaughter.

Authorities say [Mr. Wagner] slept no more than four of the 27 hours before the Dec. 12 crash that killed Julie Stratton, a 33-year-old mother of two.

The 45-year-old trucker tearfully apologized to the victim's family at Wednesday's sentencing. He had faced five to 15 years in prison.  Stratton hit a deer and her car was disabled in the passing lane shortly before Wallace's tractor-trailer ran into it from behind in Pembroke, 20 miles east of Buffalo."
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My beloved daughter drove me to the garage to pick up her mother's car and as she drove away I watched her texting.  I went wild.  When her mother heard my report, the BSL went wild.  The electronic device she was using was shut down for a suitable length of time to deter any furhter distracted driving.  We seem to be proliferating ways to kill ourselves and others.

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