Man gets 3 years for hit-and-run fatal

[haley]

justathought- i think you are right i should stop reading this i have way more things going on in my life right! thank you for saying that:) oh and by the way i am 17 now.

[an adult]

How many years have we been hearing about drunk driving? I think everyone knows how bad it can be, yet so many people do it anyway, thinking nothing bad will happen, and then when it does...oops! Sorry!

There's one story that sticks in my mind that just drives me crazy: There was an accident on Kent-Kangley and 124th. A car ran a red light and killed part of the family that was in the other car. The car that ran the red light was driven by a drunk driver, who had just got out of jail that day or the day before. The reason he was in jail was for driving drunk too many times! He gets out of jail, goes out drinking, drives, and kills innocent people.

People who drive drunk know they can cause an accident that can kill people. I think that when drunk drivers are caught, they should be charged with attempted homicide. And when drunk drivers do cause an accident that does kill people, then they should be charged with homicide.

In all the years we've been hearing about drunk driving, you can't tell me that drunk people getting in the driver's seat don't know that they may be about to cause an accident that may cause death or injury.

By the way Haley: I, too, lost my brother when I was a kid. He got hit by a car when he was crossing the road. For a while I was mad at the other driver (not drunk), but then I realized that my anger wasn't going to bring him back. I focused on the fact that he didn't know it was coming, it happened in an instant, so I'm sure he didn't suffer.

Time will help ease the pain, if you let it. Holding on to your anger over the S.O.B. that killed your little brother, or your anger over his family that defends his actions, will interfere with your healing process. Let go of your anger, and direct that energy towards more education to the public as well as trying to get the law changed so that drunk driving can be charged as attemted homicide.

I never forgot by brother, and I never will. But life goes on and you should make the most of it.

[Lindsey]

I think Haley has the right 2 say exactly what she feels, regardless of the verbage she chooses. No1 has AnY idea how she feels inside, or the internal conflict this horrible loss has given her. I'll bet odds r pretty high it's mostly adults reading this & I'm sure we can all handle a vulgar word or 2.
To Haley & family, please consider this persective-forgiveness is not justifying the horrible wrong done 2 u &yours...its the letting go so your physiology isn't influenced. Don't let him hurt u anymore than he has. I'm sorry f I'm outta line here(apology for Haley & her family only-not any readers)but sometimes we have 2 forgive God 2.