Pro baseball pitcher gets drunk and kills himself by crashing into a tow truck which was assisting another car on the side of the road. Family lawyers decide that everyone else is to blame, filing suit against the restaurant and others. [full story]
"Other defendants include Eddie’s Towing, the company whose flatbed tow truck was struck by Hancock’s sport utility vehicle in the early hours of April 29; tow truck driver Jacob Edward Hargrove; and Justin Tolar, the driver whose stalled car on Interstate 64 was being assisted by Hargrove."
Where in the hell is personal responsibility?
"Authorities said the 29-year pitcher had a blood content of nearly twice the legal limit for alcohol in his system when he crashed into the back of the tow truck. He was also speeding, using a cell phone and wasn’t wearing a seat belt, Police Chief Joe Mokwa said after the accident. Marijuana also was found in the SUV."
Any sympathy I had for the family is now replaced with anger. The tow truck driver was just doing his job. The stranded motorist was just that, a stranded motorist. Josh Hancock is dead because he got drunk and drove.
