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From how involved the car is in the video it has been on fire for some time or the fire spread very quickly. Either way the guy on the road is burned and I am willing to bet he did try to get her out but simply couldn't. Sometimes you just have to walk away and sometimes the instinct for self preservation takes over.
I wouldn't do any knee jerk judging here until the facts are all in.
The woman may have been killed instantly in the crash. We really don't have enough facts without the autopsy results.
He was charged with criminal he criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and speeding.
He was charged with criminal he criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle and speeding.
I think the criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident charges are ridiculous. More than likely he will be convicted of driving without a license, speeding, and maybe vehicular manslaughter. Though I suspect that his lack of driver's license probably had something to do with his wanting to get away from the scene, I don't think he can be faulted for leaving the scene to go and seek medical treatment.
Last edited by Cloudy Dayz; 10-15-2017 at 07:08 AM..
I get that, I'm just surprised the cab driver just left the scene like that. Then again, maybe he was the one who called 911 and decided to get the driver to the hospital as quickly as possible and not wait for an ambulance.
But if the driver didn't have life or limb threatening injuries (depending on how severe his burns were), he should have stayed and waited for authorities, including an ambulance for himself, especially considering he was at fault for the accident.
Why? That's the cab drivers job, to take people where they need to go. Many people take taxicabs to hospitals, all the time. There is nothing unusual about that.
I think the criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident charges are ridiculous. More than likely he will be convicted of driving without a license, speeding, and maybe vehicular manslaughter. Though I suspect that his lack of driver's license probably had something to do with his wanting to get away from the scene, I don't think he can be faulted for leaving the scene to go and seek medical treatment.
Well, the homicide charge remains to be tried, but he wasn't exactly dragged kicking and screaming away from his burning car. He clearly did leave the scene of the accident. But a lot of people are seriously in shock after even a minor car crash. Seeing your passenger go up in flames is very likely to underline the shock.
He has burns himself, I’m not sure if I could save someone burning while I’m burning
My thought when I read the story. If they were bad enough to go to the hospital for, he was likely in shock and/or excruciating pain (how much pain do you feel when you're in shock? But yeah, I am pretty sure you could hail a cab in shock - I managed to walk the half mile home and even waved at the neighbors after a bad fall even though I was in shock the entire time.). I burn my finger on the stove, and it feels like my world is ending. Not sure how much this guy can be judged, and I'm kind of wondering why the article didn't point this out. It seems like an obvious mitigating circumstance.
Also, I'm wondering if he could even have done anything to help. I watched a car fire once and the whole car was engulfed pretty quickly.
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