laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
2006-01-29 16:10:25 UTC
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Trucker pleads no contest in traffic-stop death
Saturday, January 28, 2006
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALLEGAN -- A truck driver who hid his progressive multiple sclerosis
to keep his job has pleaded no contest to vehicular homicide in a
fiery crash that killed an Alma College graduate whom police had
pulled over for a speeding violation.
David Gale, 43, of Ada, Ohio, entered the plea this week during a
hearing in Allegan County Circuit Court.
In Michigan, a no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but the
judge treats it the same at sentencing. Gale faces up to 15 years in
prison when he is sentenced Friday.
Early June 23, 2004, Allegan County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Bender pulled
over Emily Van Dyke's vehicle on Interstate 196 near Holland, about a
mile south of where U.S. 31 merges with the freeway. Moments later,
Gale's truck plowed into the back of the police cruiser, then rolled
over Van Dyke's car and dragged it into a ditch, where both caught
fire.
The collision killed Van Dyke, 22, of Saugatuck. She recently had
graduated from Alma College and was preparing to start teaching at a
North Carolina elementary school.
Gale and the deputy suffered minor injuries.
Gale initially told investigators he had fallen asleep behind the
wheel of his rig. Police and prosecutors later discovered that he has
multiple sclerosis.
Medical records show Gale was diagnosed with the disease March 8,
2004, but did not disclose the diagnosis two months later when he
sought to renew his commercial driver's license.
He also persuaded a doctor in his hometown to sign a certificate
stating he is qualified for a commercial license, prosecutors said.
Gale, who was strapped into a wheelchair during his plea hearing, said
he had stopped taking his multiple sclerosis medication before the
crash.
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So he kills someone and he faces 15 years MAXIMUM!!?? That should be
the minimum but then, this is criminal coddler america.
Trucker pleads no contest in traffic-stop death
Saturday, January 28, 2006
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALLEGAN -- A truck driver who hid his progressive multiple sclerosis
to keep his job has pleaded no contest to vehicular homicide in a
fiery crash that killed an Alma College graduate whom police had
pulled over for a speeding violation.
David Gale, 43, of Ada, Ohio, entered the plea this week during a
hearing in Allegan County Circuit Court.
In Michigan, a no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt, but the
judge treats it the same at sentencing. Gale faces up to 15 years in
prison when he is sentenced Friday.
Early June 23, 2004, Allegan County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Bender pulled
over Emily Van Dyke's vehicle on Interstate 196 near Holland, about a
mile south of where U.S. 31 merges with the freeway. Moments later,
Gale's truck plowed into the back of the police cruiser, then rolled
over Van Dyke's car and dragged it into a ditch, where both caught
fire.
The collision killed Van Dyke, 22, of Saugatuck. She recently had
graduated from Alma College and was preparing to start teaching at a
North Carolina elementary school.
Gale and the deputy suffered minor injuries.
Gale initially told investigators he had fallen asleep behind the
wheel of his rig. Police and prosecutors later discovered that he has
multiple sclerosis.
Medical records show Gale was diagnosed with the disease March 8,
2004, but did not disclose the diagnosis two months later when he
sought to renew his commercial driver's license.
He also persuaded a doctor in his hometown to sign a certificate
stating he is qualified for a commercial license, prosecutors said.
Gale, who was strapped into a wheelchair during his plea hearing, said
he had stopped taking his multiple sclerosis medication before the
crash.
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So he kills someone and he faces 15 years MAXIMUM!!?? That should be
the minimum but then, this is criminal coddler america.