Driver watching porn when he rammed into car
BUFFALO (New York): State police say a truck driver was watching pornographic movies on his laptop computer when his rig struck a disabled car on the New York State Thruway near Buffalo last month, killing the driver.
Thomas Wallace of Ohio was arrested Tuesday. He’s been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of 33-year-old Julie Stratton, a mother of two from a Buffalo suburb.
The 45-year-old Wallace was being held in Genesee County Jail on Wednesday. It was unknown whether he had an attorney. Investigators say Wallace also violated federal trucking rules by sleeping no more than four of 27 hours before the crash.
Source cited from this website: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/28/nation/20100128094359&sec=nation
This news above is somehow similar to the Ryan case where he hit a pedestrian due to distraction from using mobile phone. Similarity of both cases is the pedestrian was injured because of driver negligence and in Wallace case, the death of a woman was caused by driver negligence too. However, Ryan and Wallace will received different charges. Obviously, Wallace will be held on a more serious charge than Ryan. The reason is that the pedestrian was injured but not killed whereas the woman was killed in the crash. From the article, it stated that Wallace had been arrested with a charge of second-degree manslaughter.
So, everyone please drive safely.
Think of your family & Think about others !
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