Drunk Driver, Content May Upset Some

[MTL]

CONTENT WARNING:  DRUNK DRIVING CAUSING DEATH.  MAY UPSET SOME.

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A grandfather and three of his grandchildren,
all under age 10, killed by an impaired driver.

Grandmother and Great-Grandmother in hospital, in critical but stable condition.

This happened yesterday in the city of Vaughan, Ontario:

http://www.cp24.com/news/three-siblings-...-1.2584136

To me, drunk driving is no different than climbing to a high vantage point
and firing a gun randomly into a crowd of people.

I don't think the penalties can be harsh enough.

a GoFundMe page has been set up for the family of the victims: 

https://www.gofundme.com/pp544vvc

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[The Valkyrie]

FFS!

I hate drunk drivers. Invariably it's other people who get hurt by them.

[MTL]

FFS!

I hate drunk drivers.  Invariably it's other people who get hurt by them.

Yes, the asshole walked away with minor injuries.

The other family lost four people, and all of three children (grandchildren).

this happened at 4pm on a quiet country road.

Sounds like the grandparents took the grandkids out for a Sunday afternoon drive.

And, knowing our Ontario laws, he'll get a comparative slap on the wrist for the lives he's taken.

I realize stuff like this happens everywhere, everyday.

I just thought this was a particularly tragic case,
and I put up the GFM link in case anyone feels they are able to contribute to this family's funeral costs
and other costs,

while, of course, nothing can compensate them for their staggering loss.

All the kids gone, in one swoop, and the grampa,
with the grandmother and great-grandmother seriously injured in the hospital,
imagine their agony when they learned of the deaths.

and the poor mother and father of the deceased children.

This story truly upset me, and left me raging with anger.

How I wish the drunk's punishment was left to me.  How I wish it.

[abaris]

Yes, the asshole walked away with minor injuries.

Won't get away without a stiff jail sentence and being sued out of his last dime though. Of course, it doesn't bring these people back, but it's not as if there were no penalties for doing something like that.

Well, unless it's some rich kid with first class laywers.

[MTL]

Well, unless it's some rich kid with first class laywers.

Which I sort of suspect he is.  Damn fucking entitled worthless piece of shit.

[Regina]

FFS!

I hate drunk drivers.  Invariably it's other people who get hurt by them.

Yes, the asshole walked away with minor injuries.

The other family lost four people, and all of three children (grandchildren).

Always seems to happen that way unfortunately. Pretty much always seems to be the drunk driver or the stupid boy-racer who crawls out with a sprained wrist while leaving a family dead. Just sucks, the whole situation.

[MTL]

Yes, the asshole walked away with minor injuries.

The other family lost four people, and all of three children (grandchildren).

Always seems to happen that way unfortunately. Pretty much always seems to be the drunk driver or the stupid boy-racer who crawls out with a sprained wrist while leaving a family dead. Just sucks, the whole situation.

It's about to suck, even more...check this out, the asshole is the grandson of a deceased billionaire
and the family are mogul developers:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/man-charged...-1.2584890

[MTL]

Yes, the asshole walked away with minor injuries.

Won't get away without a stiff jail sentence and being sued out of his last dime though. Of course, it doesn't bring these people back, but it's not as if there were no penalties for doing something like that.

Well, unless it's some rich kid with first class laywers.

Is he ever.  Billionaire family of developers in Toronto.

[Little lunch]

My family thinks it's a little crazy and morbid, but when we travel long distance as a large group, I insist on using two cars to avoid losing the whole family line in one fowl swoop.

[abaris]

Is he ever.  Billionaire family of developers in Toronto.

Then he will probably walk.