I haven't heard anything else about this yet so my reaction is to your note
only. I'm surprised that the police consider it anything but the accident it
seems to be unless there's some other circumstance you didn't mention. I
have been surprised by the actions the police here have taken before. The
most recent example is the one where the police car was doing 70 in a 35
zone and struck another motorist when he was turning on to another street.
The police actually held the man struck responsible for the policeman's
death in the resulting accident and charged him with manslaughter when it
was clearly the actions of the police that caused the accident.
Anyway, the response of the police department here seems to be complete
nonsense and I suspect that either we'll learn more or the department will
be roasted in the press yet again. In either case the truck driver and the
company that employed him should seek legal assistance at their earliest
possible opportunity to cope with the coming possible criminal, and even
more likely, civil court appearances.
Regards, Mike Klinke
-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Forehand <brett4hand@hotmail.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 7:34 AM
Subject: DML: Man killed in Ft. Worth
>Hey gang, I apologize for this post being kind of gruesome. I heard on the
>radio this morning that a man was killed in Ft. Worth on loop 820. A truck
>in front of him ran over a piece of angle iron in the road, it flew into
the
>air, went through his windshield, and killed him. The police are holding
>the truck driver liable for the man's death.
>
>I feel sorry for the man that was killed (and his family). I think the law
>says you are responsible for avoiding road debris, and that's why the truck
>driver is being held responsible. But geez, I drive a lot in Dallas/Ft.
>Worth and I see all kinds of stuff on the roads all the time. Traffic
moves
>so fast and is so dense here, 5 people may run over the same piece of junk
>in the road before anyone even notices it.
>
>I'm no lawyer, so I'm wondering what I would do if I were the truck driver
>being held liable. Don Mallet... anyone else... thoughts/ideas?
>
>Brett Forehand
>'94 Dakota CC Sport
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