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mtarascio t1_ix1ndcx wrote

The article doesn't have any of the reasons they suspect it's intentional.

The line is that they need time to build a case so they couldn't hold him.

They have until Friday to present that case.

It's good they're being careful because that's more likely to face proper consequence if it was intentional.

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10ofRods t1_ix2nb7w wrote

Video footage shows him driving on wrong side of road and then accelerating more and more as he approaches the group.

That’s from local print news. I haven’t seen it.

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IT_Chef t1_ix2zmfx wrote

I'm not defending the guy, however people have a known to panic and hit the accelerator rather than the brake.

Example - https://youtu.be/q7NxL4II_vI

This is not unusual

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DefinitelyNotAliens t1_ix2p3vc wrote

Other sources say he was stone cold sober (from alcohol, blew a 0.0), witnesses heard him accelerating, no tire skid marks from braking and he crossed into oncoming traffic to hit them.

I heard that and said, "high on drugs, medical emergency or did it on purpose."

When you're not drunk, cross into the wrong lane and accelerate into 25 people you were high af, having a massive medical episode or did that on purpose. Kinda hard to do on accident. He was only going 30.

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ronmcson1 t1_ix3ldkr wrote

Pretty much zero modern cars will leave skid marks from hard braking due to anti lock braking systems. Not saying he braked, but if he did, unlikely there would be any skid marks.

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lordshield900 t1_ix6o6z0 wrote

Could they keep him on another charge?

Like, he was driving the wrong way on a street and seriously injured a bunch of people that's still a crime as far as I'm aware.

Why aren't they charging him with something else and then upgrading them later?

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