[nagdu] Neighbors mourn death of blind pedestrian; his service dog will recover

Fri Aug 26 13:15:53 UTC 2011

The man was also elderly.  It's like he had no value to anybody based on how this is being handled.  Truly horrible. The driver should have been charged with something, not murder, but something

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie J.
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Neighbors mourn death of blind pedestrian; his service dog will recover

Cheryl,

Do you think no one would have been charged with anything if it had been 
let's say the mayor's 8 year old daughter or maybe the owner of the bank 
who has donated thousands of dollars to the local homeless shelter?  I 
kind of think people would have been in a froth to place the blame on 
someone.  People would want to know that justice had been served or 
maybe it should be called revenge, but either way someone would have 
been paying dearly for their mistake.  However it was a blind man, who 
people just don't view in the same way as being a value to the 
community.  Sure it was an accident, most things of this sort are.  
Still it doesn't matter.  Even in accidents where no one gets hurt 
generally someone gets a ticket for failure to yield or something.  If 
nothing else pedestrians have the right of way and blind pedestrians 
have even more protections, but not even those laws seem to have been 
applied here.

I can understand not charging the drivers with murder because that isn't 
what happened, but what about some sort of negligence?  That seems 
appropriate to me.

JMHO
Julie

> Julie it was an accident, from reading the story, that the first car should
> have slowed down when making a turn maybe couldn't swerve enough, the
> trucker who knows.
>
> If it was on purpose then they would have been arrested, I am sure that the
> 2 were questioned at the accident. I mean police had to be called in
> situations like this.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie Phillipson"<jbrew48 at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Neighbors mourn death of blind pedestrian;his service
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>
>> that was my first thought too.  Why are there no charges the driver of the
>> truck didn't see what happened right in front of him?  Give me a brake!
>> Julie Phillipson
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tracy Carcione"<carcione at access.net>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:28 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Neighbors mourn death of blind pedestrian; his
>> service
>> dog will recover
>>
>>
>>> Of course neither driver has been charged.  I bet neither one ever will
>>> be.  It seems like killing a blind guy is a no-fault non-crime. Too bad,
>>> so sad, oh well.
>>> I'm really getting sick of it.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>> Neighbors mourn death of blind pedestrian; his service dog will recover
>>>>
>>>> August 24, 2011
>>>>
>>>> http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-neighbors-mourn-pedestrian-blind-man-killed-wh
>>>> ile-service-dog-recovers-20110824,0,6132815.story
>>>>
>>>> RICHMOND (WTVR)-
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Neighbors of a blind Richmond man are mourning his accidental death.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "He was one of the sweetest neighbors that you would want in your
>>>> community," said neighbor Dianna Harrison.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seventy-four year old Dudley Mines will be missed. Neighbors say you
>>>> could
>>>> see him and his seeing eye dog Romeo walking their streets several
>>>> times
>>>> a
>>>> day.  He was doing just that Monday night. He was crossing the road at
>>>> the
>>>> corner of Old Brook and Bellvue Road in North Richmond. A car turning
>>>> the
>>>> corner grazed Mines and knocked him over. Moments later a truck would
>>>> make
>>>> the turn and run over Mines and his dog. Both drivers stopped to help
>>>> but
>>>> it
>>>> was too late. The accident killed Mines and left Romeo with serious
>>>> injuries.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "We just want to thank God for the time he allowed him in our lives,"
>>>> said
>>>> Harrison.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Neighbors are preparing for a vigil tomorrow night. Mines three
>>>> children
>>>> are
>>>> also involved in the planning. Signs of sympathy lay outside his home
>>>> but
>>>> there's been sympathy shown in other ways too..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "There was really a coming together to help Romeo," said Veterinarian
>>>> Nathan
>>>> Lippo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The six year old black lab suffered cuts, bruising and a broken leg.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "With some pain medication some fluids and antibiotics he turned around
>>>> pretty quickly became stable very quickly," said Lippo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wednesday the dog had surgery to secure his leg. Lippo says the
>>>> relationship
>>>> between a seeing eye dog and it's owner is a special one and is
>>>> sometimes
>>>> irreplaceable.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "These seeing eye dogs lived with owners for a long time so long Romeo
>>>> has
>>>> lost a member of his family," said Lippo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A funeral for Dudley Mines will be held on Saturday at 2pm Watkins
>>>> funeral
>>>> home. Neither driver has been charged in the incident. Police say their
>>>> investigation is ongoing. Mines daughter says once he recovers she
>>>> plans
>>>> to
>>>> adopt Romeo.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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