I'd assume that they couldn't test the driver on the spot on account of him being dead. Law may require them to get a warrant in order to test the body for its blood alcohol content. Seems more likely then them trying to protect anybody.
""We were all young once and I'm sure we've all done stupid things in our life," said Linden Police Chief James Schulhafer. "But that being said, because this is an ongoing investigation, it would be way too premature to speculate on what caused this accident.""
I'd venture to guess driving the wrong fucking way had something to do with it.
"Rodriguez didn't seem angry at the driver, saying that "it doesn't matter if the driver was drinking because accidents happen.""
Not to mention you son had to of known whether the driver had been boozed up or not. He willingly became a passenger of a drunken driver(if the driver was drunk at least).
""The 3 of us, are decent people. There's a decent woman out there for each of us. Sure it's cool to be single every now and then, but I don't give a damn what ANYONE says. At the end of the day, I want a family. I want to settle down. We all do. So here's to finding that which we all hope for.""
What a douchebag.
Driving drunk prevents someone from being an awesome person?
I would like more info on the truck drivers condition, hopefully he's not hurt too bad. All the article says is that he suffered non life threatening injuries. He could still be horrifically injured. If he turns out to be okay, then i don't see any reason to drag any of the officers through the mud. Had he survived, the driver should have been fired, of course. But given the circumstances and his death, not seeing any point in bashin him, again, as long as the innocent motorist who justh appened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time is okay.
I didn't read that this occurred.
It is a shit article, very pisspoorly written. Hopefully the author is merely some dipshit unpaid intern at yahoo and received nothing for his/her awful efforts.