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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Not sure which side I believe just yet.
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Me neither.
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Originally Posted by VINMAN
The blame of the motorcyclist was the result of a secondary investigation, by a private contractor paid for and hired by the defense lawyer......
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Interestingly, part of the defense motion is based upon evidence supplied them by the state. From the article in my OP:
The report goes on to say that "the impact caused catastrophic air loss to the left front tire of the truck, which left a tire mark on the center line of the road," Duguay says in his motion. "This tire mark had initially been attributed to an 'unsuccessful avoidance maneuver' by Mr. Mazza, a position that the State has since retracted."
The motion notes the state also provided information showing that Mazza had been turned around looking back at the group of riders behind him just before the accident and that autopsy reports show that at the time of the crash, Mazza's blood-alcohol level was 0.135%, well above the legal limit of 0.08%.
The kid is clearly a miscreant little druggie who should not be driving. Did the fact that he was blasted out of his gourd cause this accident? Did that keep him from reacting quickly enough to avoid a motorcycle that had crossed the centerline? Remember, he was in some kind of a heavy truck and was pulling a trailer. I'm not sure even the most attentive driver could have gotten it out of the way quickly enough to have avoided a collision.