Trooper ticketed after crash

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  1. gpsman

    gpsman Road Train Member

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    OCALA — When 20-year-old state Trooper Raul Umana pulled away from a roadside stop on Interstate 75 just before dark May 18, he tried to make a quick U-turn. But he took the corner too fast — at an estimated 34 mph.
    The consequences were devastating, according to a four-month investigation detailed in a report recently released by the Florida Highway Patrol.

    It provides a second-by-second recreation of what happened that evening: Umana lost control of his patrol car, clipped a guardrail, bounced into oncoming traffic and collided with the car of an Orlando mother, triggering a four-vehicle crash that left three young Orlando children critically injured.

    Umana made an "improper turn," according to the report, and was ticketed for careless driving. He's scheduled to appear in traffic court Oct. 21.

    The car he hit was driven by Christeia Jones, a 28-year-old Orlando mother who had her boys — ages 2, 5 and 7 — in the back seat. She was driving 88 mph, according to the report, but was not ticketed.

    Her car hit the front edge of the cruiser, according to the FHP report, but the greatest damage happened 2.7 seconds later when she was slammed from the rear by an 18-wheeler that was hauling 31,000 pounds of meat.

    The driver of the 18-wheeler, William Richmond, 72, of Detroit, saw Jones' children trapped in their car. Two were pinned on the back floorboard beneath seats, he said.

    Richmond said the crash should never have happened. "I've got grandkids," he said. "When I got home, I quit. I don't drive no more."

    The FHP concluded that every driver involved in the crash, except for the trucker, was in the wrong. Umana was the only one ticketed.

    http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...sh-three-children-injured-20141005-story.html
     
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  3. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    Surprised the headline doesn't read "3 children in critical condition after meat truck fails to stop".
     
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  4. AppalachianTrucker

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    Stupid kid. And I'm talking about the trooper here.

    Twenty-year-old trooper? wtf.
     
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  5. allniter

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    Isnt 20 yrs old a little young to take on the responsibilities of a state trooper? Evidently it is.
    88 mph, yeah thats about right for 4 wheelers on I 75.
     
  6. Raezzor

    Raezzor Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

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    Holy cow. Now THIS is really news worthy... "The FHP concluded that every driver involved in the crash, except for the trucker, was in the wrong."

    Hope those kids healed up ok. :( Just goes to show that LEOs ARE human after all.
     
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