May
19
Source: Boston Globe
Read Article | Read Police Report
A prom that had a not so happy ending. On Saturday morning at around 7:30 or so, three teenagers driving on the street some hours after their prom ran into two pedestrians, killing a 67 year old woman and injuring her daughter. They were both out walking the mother’s dog. Based on what I’ve read about this, there was a prom perhaps until midnight or so, an after prom cruise until 4, and a three an a half hour gap between 4 and 7:30. It is affirmed in the linked article that breathalyzer tests were administered both before the prom and before the boat trip. Bags were also searched, and no alcohol was on the boat. Based on deductive reasoning, then, that three and a half hour gap is a canyon and a huge story needs to be told concerning what happened, why there was beer in their car, and why Jonathan Caruso, the driver, failed a breathalyzer test. In my opinion, the negligent homicide charge is right on the money and I honestly don’t see how you can plead not guilty to that. I’m actually surprised he did. How does he squeeze his way out of killing a 67 year old woman? He did it. He was drunk and perhaps didn’t see them, so there was no intent. But it’s still something he is completely responsible for. I’d be irate if he got away with this, but I really don’t think he will. It’s just a matter of the other people in the car saying what happened, where they got the beer, and what they did between 4 and 7 AM. Here’s to hoping the jury finds him guilty, and that he feels remorseful for what he did.
Comments
One Response to “A Textbook Reason Why You Should Not Drink and Drive”
Leave a Reply
An average of 13,000 people are killed in our country by drunk drivers every year. Each individual case needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
What Caruso’s passengers have to say may not be important. Open containers combined with a failed breath test and a fatality are usually enough to sway a jury to do the right thing.
Caruso not only destroyed the family of those he hit. He ruined his own family too. Unless they turn their back on him and let him get a public defender, they will spend all of their money (during the worst financial times we’ve seen in many decades) to defend him. They will end up broke, broken, and broken-hearted.
If he doesn’t feel remorse for his direct victims, then hopefully he will fell remorse for destroying his own family.