3 Lives Destroyed in 1 Fatal Night
03.24.08 (1:04 pm) [edit]If you will recall, in October '06 I reported here that three guys that I went to high school with had been in a drunk driving accident, leaving two of them dead and another in jail. Well, the driver was sentenced not this past week but the week before. He plead guilty to two counts of intoxicated manslaughter and was given eight years in prison and a $10,000 fine total.
It has taken me a while to report on this because every time I think about it, tears take over. Two lives were cut horribly short and another ruined because they wanted to have a little fun one night. All of them were decent people and the one that is in prison now was really pretty smart. He was in a few of my AP classes. Now he's going no where because he's got two counts of manslaughter on his record and is currently serving time with hardened criminals, which are bound to rub off on him in the eight years ahead of him.
Please think before drinking and driving. Even just a little can impair your senses. Designate a driver BEFORE you start drinking and if you can don't get drunk either, to make sure the driver doesn't drink.
posted by: teenbaby2931 (reply)
post date: 03.24.08 (11:26 am)
Aww that is so sad I am deeply sorry about your friends and you are very right about designating a driver!! MY oldest brother always goes to parties and puts powerade in a red cup everyone thinks it's alcohol but it isn't they offer him more and he shows the cup and says he still has some he goes home sobber from every party sobber!!
posted by: Barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 03.24.08 (12:54 pm)
It's really quite possible your friend will come out of prison in less time on good behavior, and be a far better man than otherwise he might have been! Adversity either grinds us into bitterness, or polishes us, making us better people!! I'd bet he will be one of the better people!!
posted by: fractalmom (reply)
post date: 03.24.08 (12:55 pm)
sad
