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Florida motorist drives home with man in windshield

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Woofer, Jul 8, 2003.

  1. Woofer

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    It's a trend.

    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/1983964

    July 7, 2003, 11:15PM

    Florida motorist drives home with man in windshield
    Associated Press

    DELEON SPRINGS, Fla. -- A motorist drove home about a mile with the legless body of a pedestrian in his front windshield before calling authorities to report that he hit the man with his car, officials said.

    Joseph Markert, 57, was trying to cross U.S. 1 in DeLeon Springs when he was hit by a car driven by Daniel Dradeen, 19, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

    The medical examiner will determine if Markert survived the impact, but it's more likely that he died immediately, said Mark O'Keefe of EVAC, which provides emergency services for Volusia County.

    Deputies first learned of the accident, which happened about midnight Friday, from patrons at a bar who called 911 to report finding two legs near the parking lot, Volusia County sheriff's reports said.

    The next 911 call came from the home of Ronald Brownie, where Dradeen had driven with Markert's upper body. Dradeen had been living with Brownie and his 19-year-old son Ronald Brownie Jr., who made the 911 call, the reports showed.

    Dradeen didn't stop to report the accident because he didn't have a cellular phone with him and Brownie's home was only about a mile from the accident site, Brownie said.

    "A guy coming through your front windshield tends to rattle you," Brownie added.

    Paramedics who arrived at the home quickly pronounced Markert dead. One of his arms was also severed in the accident and found with his torso in Dradeen's blood-covered car, officials said.

    Investigators believe the legs were severed by the impact with the car, not the windshield.

    FHP spokeswoman Kim Miller said Dradeen was not impaired and no hit-and-run charges will be filed, but she said the case is being reviewed by a homicide investigator.

    "It's the pedestrian's fault. He was wearing dark clothing," Miller said. "The poor kid (Dradeen) was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

    DeLeon Springs is about 40 miles north of Orlando.

    Last month in Fort Worth, a jury sentenced Chante Mallard of Fort Worth to 50 years in prison after convicting her of murder in the death of man she struck with her car and left to die embedded in her windshield in her garage.
     
  2. DVauthrin

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    What is wrong with these people.

    If this happens pull over, put on the flashers and try and do your best to make sure they are A-ok.

    Geez, this is really stupid.

    I can't believe it happened twice in almost a month.
     
  3. Behad

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    Just to clarify, the Fort Worth case of Chante Mallard actually occured in October of 2001. She was convicted and sentenced last month.
     
  4. LeGrouper

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    My good lord, I thought that this was just some dude posting on olds news when in fact it is a completely new incident! This is so stupid! I think that even if the guy was completely sober and it was the pedestrians fault he should still get a couple years just out of sheer stupidity. Hit person, stop car. Hit person, stop car. This especially applies when person is lodged in windshield. I don't care if you are driving them to the f'n hospital, people don't ride lodged in glass.
     
  5. Rocket River

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    HOW THE HELL IS DIFFERENT THAN THE MALLARD CASE?

    IT's the PEDESTRIAN'S FAULT . . . HE WORE DARK CLOTHES??????
    [Didn't the guy in the Mallard Case have a history of mental problems. . . He could have jump in front of her for all we know]

    Double Standard. . . .

    Without it being stated. . . . I KNOW WHY!!!!!!

    Rocket River
     
  6. Major

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    Double Standard. . . .

    Without it being stated. . . . I KNOW WHY!!!!!!


    OOOOH OOOOH CAN I GUESS?!!

    Perhaps it was because in one case, the guy drove a mile and then called 911. In the other, the woman left a live body to die in her garage.

    No doubt this guy was dumb and should have stopped, and probably should be charged with something. The circumstances and level of negligence are very different though.
     
  7. ChrisP

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    Sounds like the main difference is that he went to his friend's house and called 911 to report the accident rather than hiding the guy in a garage to die slowly, ditching the body in a park and trying to burn the evidence.

    That's still pretty stupid to drive around with a person in your windshield.

    edit: I type too slow.
     
  8. dylan

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    Good lord you are a broken record sometimes. Everytime you have an inciteful post about race relations in a thread you pull something like this. Shall we go over some of the differences other than race? Did you miss the part where the guy was called in when the car arrived at the house? Did you miss the part where Joseph wasn't left in a garage for days? Did you miss the the part where Daniel didn't try to hide the accident for months? Are your reading comprehension skills truly that bad or are you simply a bitter and vile person who distorts the truth to cry foul where none exists?
     
  9. Smokey

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    How about Chante Mallard had smoked pot, taken ecstacy, and was drunk? How about Chante Mallard was a nurse? How about Chante Mallard was able to call her friend for help that night but couldn't call 911? How about evidence tampering? How about Chante Mallard went back to the nightclub to get messed up a week later? How about Chante Mallard never coming forward to the police? How about Chante Mallard bragged to her friends about killing a man?

    I wish she could have gotten the death penalty. Race had nothing to do with it.
     
  10. codell

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    Or the fact that she was drunk/on drugs. Or the fact that she and her friends dumped the body and tampered with evidence. Or the fact that the guy would have survived had he received immediate medical attention (the other guy was killed instantly).

    The only thing this kid did wrong was not stop immediately. However, a 1/2 mile to get to a phone seems relatively reasonable.
     
  11. Smokey

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    And Rocket River, the man who was killed in the Mallard case was alive in her garage. That's right. He didn't die on impact. The medical examiner testified the man died from blood loss not from the impact. She could have saved his life. She testified she heard him moan. Instead she ran like a coward. And that coward is gettin pounded in the state prison. YES!!!
     
  12. robbie380

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    You made excellent points Rocket River. Race had to be the ONLY reason why this case was treated differently. It makes perfect sense since there are no other reasons for this case to be treated differently. :rolleyes:
     
  13. Harrisment

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    Wow, it's a good thing you don't pull out the race card too quickly. Way to really think about things and read, before instantly blaming it on race. Weak. :rolleyes:
     
  14. mateo

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    All good points.

    Rocket River......THINK BEFORE YOU POST.

    Jesus..
     
  15. LeGrouper

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    I don't know if he was really pulling the race card, could have been, I haven't been around for a while. But I just think anyone who drives five feet with a body lodged in their freaking windshield, regardless of anything, should go to jail. Even if you don't have a phone, run to the road and flag people down. If you hit someone you stop your car.
     
  16. AroundTheWorld

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    I didn't know that you were such an idiot.
     
  17. DVauthrin

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    Sorry, my mistake, but still this happens twice period?

    This really shows a lack of common sense in society.
     
  18. pgabriel

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    DV,

    in the second case the guy pulled over at his friend's house about a mile away. The guy wasn't drunk and the police won't file hit and run charges.


    Why does that show a lack of common sense.
     
  19. Smokey

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    People panic and we don't know if the area was safe to stop in. Since he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and called police as soon as he got home, I don't know what you would charge him with. Accidents happen.
     
  20. Major

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    in the second case the guy pulled over at his friend's house about a mile away. The guy wasn't drunk and the police won't file hit and run charges.


    Why does that show a lack of common sense.


    Primarily its negligent. What if the guy fell off his hood while he was driving? What if he then got run over? Being driven for a mile on top of a windshield is a potential danger to the guy's life.
     

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