>>513983656No, bro you don't get it.
The truck made a Uโturn using a median turnaround not meant for commercial vehicles, such medians are often for emergency or authorized vehicle use only. The maneuver obstructed multiple lanes, leaving no time for the approaching minivan to react, demonstrating the turn was unsafe.
These combined made the turn clearly illegal, negligent, and tragically fatal.
He didn't just "make a mistake", he should never have done what he did PERIOD.
The "infrastructure" and "road signs" didn't make him do an illegal U-turn, he made the choice to use that maneuver and it cost a grandmother and two children their lives. Their families will never see them again because this guy made a conscious choice.
When you engage in a profession, you must deal with the consequences when you screw up. He screwed up, very badly. And he will face the appropriate consequences.
>Plenty of crashes happen every dayAnd those people go to prison when there is clear negligence that results in death. This guy isn't "special" in any way, except that he literally fled Florida to escape his day in court. That's why he's getting the book thrown at him.
I know a guy who was negligent and hit a pedestrian, he's still sitting in prison (he got 10 years) and the pedestrian didn't even die. Again, this guy isn't being treated differently because he's an Indian.
Had he stayed and cooperated completely with Florida authorities, he might have received some leniency but courts HATE people who flee.