http://www.skunkpost.com/news.sp?newsId=1425
Mother of two killed
So let me get this straight. State Police say the truck driver whose rig hit a disabled car on the Thruway, killing a woman….WAS WATCHING PORN. While driving a huge truck that can’t stop or swerve quickly.
Thomas Wallace of Ohio is charged with second-degree manslaughter. The crash, which happened last month on the Thruway in Pembroke, killed Julie Stratton of Snyder. She was 33, and the mother of two young children.
State Police say Wallace was watching pornographic movies on his laptop computer. Stratton’s car had hit a deer. Her car was still in one of the westbound lanes of the Thruway, and she was still in it, several minutes after she called 9-1-1 to report her accident, when the big rig slammed into the vehicle.
And get this…in addition to watching porn while driving….State Police say Wallace hadn’t had enough sleep. They say he was in violation of federal trucking rules by sleeping no more than four hours in the 27 hours before the crash.
I know the vast majority of the truckers on the road follow all the rules, and have spotless driving records. But then you hear about a guy like this….and the next time a big rig comes up behind you, you wonder what’s going on in the cab.
On the other hand…if this guy likes porn so much he watches it while driving….there’s a certain irony in the starring role he’ll probably play in prison.
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