Mom driving drunk with a child in the car hits a teen on his bike

I spoke to someone last night from the hospital ,and him and his family could really use some prayers !!

Source: Newsday



I hope she gets what she deserves !

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Do people ever learn????

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What the f%ck is WRONG with people????????

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just sick.. its happening way too much

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when THIS "The DWI and the endangering the welfare of a child are misdemeanor charges " is the case, why should people be so concerned.

prayers for that young man.

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Posted by neener1211

Do people ever learn????

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i dont for the life of my understand how this can happen again and again.. what are people thinking? That it won't happen to them? They won't get caught? These people shouldn't be drinking and driving and then to have a child in the car to boot? Then she hits a child? I think we need tougher DWI laws. I think it should be 6 months in jail first offense. None of this community service and losing your license.. apparently it isnn't working very well. Stick them in the slammer the first time and then others will be too scared to drink and drive!

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my DH was that kid on the bike when he was 13. Drunk woman in a minivan with a kid in the car hit his back bike tire, sending him flying. He recovered... I pray for the same for the teen involved here too.

What a stupid woman.

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that is soooo awful!!!!!

people can be so stupid and if you want to do something stupid and risk your life thats fine......

but do not get behind the wheel of a car!!!!!!!

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This is going to keep happening as long as penalties for DWI/DUI are what they are- a joke. Some NFL player (I forget his name) killed someone- did 23 days in jail. There was a fatal accident a couple towns over from where I live in Putnam- a kid was high, one of his passengers died. Misdemeanors and infractions. No big deal.

I know Gov. Paterson is working on a law to make DWI with kids in the car a felony, but that is not NEARLY enough. But I also think that people think that they are invincible, and/or they just don't give a sh** about endangering others.

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Praying for that poor boy

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Posted by MetsGirl07

just sick.. its happening way too much

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Re: Mom driving drunk with a child in the car hits a teen on his bike

Horrible. The teen is likely brain dead (as per Newsday).

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I feel like I am reading the same story over and over again with different players -- drunk driver, their victim, head injury, etc. I mean, I forget how many stories I have read of people being hit in their cars or as pedestrians in the last year -- then, lately, how many driving drunk w/ the child in the car stories. It is INSANE.

The thing that bothers me about Newsday so much is that they rarely follow up down the road - a year or so later, sometimes more - when this POS will be sentenced to serve 30 days and attend a DUI program for hitting this poor kid. I guarantee she will not get anything over a year - if that. Meanwhile, if this was in Nassau they would throw the book at her.

SHAME on the District Attorney's Office in Suffolk - this is the seventh case this year in Suffolk where I have written an email to the office asking for them to charge her as much as they can and they send me a general email back saying there's nothing they can do. The State Laws ARE there now - Kathleen had the Laws where someone is killed made tougher in NYS *and* she had the ones where someone is injured made tougher and is currently working on a harsher sentence for those who are injured seriously.

The charges ARE there - they just don't want to raise them against these drivers and fight in court to make sure they stick like the Nassau ones did for Kenneth. I always say, the guy that hit Kenneth would be out in about a year or so, maybe less, if it was in Suffolk.

I am just SICK of this.

ETA: oh and it is sad because I said to myself, I bet she had priors. This is why the laws for first offenders need to be harsher - just if you get arrested for it - because when they only pay a 400 dollar fine they are SO much more likely to do it again. God only knows if we had punished this woman the first time around or taken her car for good for something of that nature maybe this kid wouldn't be clinging to life right now.

Message edited 8/14/2009 10:14:49 AM.

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This happened in my town...and i spoke with people who were on scene...it is all very sad..and frustrating that you can't do more to punish these people right now...laws need to be stricter! Many prayers for the boys family!

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i have nothing to say about the woman that hasn't already been said, just pure disgust

many prayers for the boy and his family

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there's an update on Newsday saying he passed away last night .

I hope that POS (who is a nurse, BTW!!) rots in jail!

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Posted by Karen

there's an update on Newsday saying he passed away last night .

I hope that POS (who is a nurse, BTW!!) rots in jail!

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The idiot driver needs to be in jail for a very very very long time!
ALL drunk drivers should!
The laws need to get a LOT tougher! When the heck will it happen!
It's ridiculous!
Apparently she didn't care that she may have killed her son too, since, the alcohol was open IN the car and she decided to drive with him!
Uuugghh these stories pizz me off!

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Oh God, that's awful that he passed away.

I CRINGE to think of the pathetic sentence she will get.