Death is one of the worst things about being a live. But
what makes it even worse is when someone dies unexpectedly because it leaves
you with so many unanswered questions. It really isn’t fair, no matter who it
happens to or how it happens.
The reason I’m sitting here on a Sunday afternoon blogging
about death is because I came across an article talking about a drunk driver
who hit a house and killed a sleeping teenager. How sad.
This article stated, “(Reuters) - A 16-year-old girl asleep
in her bed was killed early Sunday when a suspected drunk driver careened into
an apartment building in southern California, law enforcement officials said.”
Can you imagine how her parents felt the house shake and
then came to find their daughters body torn into pieces? Yikes.
To make matters worse, the drunk driver was underage. This
is why there is an age limit on this stuff people. There are reasons why people
under the age of twenty one years old are not allowed to consume alcohol.
Not only was he drunk, he was driving around eighty miles an
hour. By housing?! This is crazy. We need to stop people from drinking and
driving. It hurts so many people today, it just isn’t right.
According to the article, the driver, Robert Rodriguez is
twenty and being charged with suspicion of driving under the influence of
alcohol and vehicular manslaughter. Rodriguez is held on $100,000 bail.
Just because this kid
wanted to drink one night, look what happened to him and the family of this
young girl. Drinking and driving is bad. Life is too precious to let a little
partying ruin so many things for so many people.
People need to think about what they’re doing before they do
it. This is a prime example of this. Life is really too short. Even for
Rodriguez who didn’t die, he now has to face a lot of jail time and his family
has to suffer as well. That is so stupid.
Make good choices and make the most of life before it’s too
late.
The article addressed above can be found here:
http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/sleeping-california-teen-killed-when-car-plows-into-apartment
This is just another example of a person who decided to drive drunk killing an innocent person. I think if the country handed down a very harsh sentence for a 1st time offender, then more people who hand over their keys than risk getting on the roads and possibly killing another person who was home in bed doing nothing but sleeping.
ReplyDeleteKim Hunter @ KHunter Law
It's a very tragic story, especially when it was easily preventable. Obviously, Rodriguez was in no condition to drive; it makes you wonder if anyone was with him while he was getting drunk, and why, if any of his friends were there, they didn’t take his car keys from him.
ReplyDeleteThat sleeping teenager didn't feel a thing, but the family will be destroyed for the rest of their lives. That one person was able to destroy the lives of parents, siblings, and all the people in that family tree. One lifetime in jail is not punishment enough, but this all goes back to the DUI punishments. A slap on the wrist for a 1st offense is worth the risk to many.
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