Monday, July 23, 2007

Blaming the car.

A man trying to stop a friend from driving drunk after a block party was run over by the woman’s car and killed, police said.

Louis Wiederer was holding onto the driver’s side of Jesenia Vega’s car Saturday evening when she took off and dragged him, Suffolk County police said. Wiederer, 26, lost his grip and fell under the vehicle1.


What killed this man? Was it the car owned by the woman as implied by the first sentence, or was it the woman who dragged him? As it's written it appears while the woman took off and dragged him, it was the car that actually killed him. So does this mean she will only be charged as an accessory to murder? Will the prosecutor bring charges against the car for murder? At least she, or the car, didn't "allegedly" kill him. Perhaps it was his own fault, as he shouldn't have lost his grip. It was his fault for trying to get involved and hanging onto the car. When he let go, the car, acting of it's own volition, drove over him. She should sue the dead guy for inflicting emotional damage on her fragile psyche. There she was enjoying her self and then he tries to harsh her mellow. Then gets himself killed by her car. Clearly the woman is the victim here.

Of course Steven King predicted all of this vehicular homicide. "Trucks" "Maximum Overdrive"

1 Man dies trying to prevent drunk driving

Edit: I didn't read the sub-headline closely, turns out she did "allegedly" drag & run over him.

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