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

Fri Aug 26 13:40:28 UTC 2011

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Pawpower Pack" <pawpower4me at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Neighbors mourn death of blind pedestrian;his service 
dog will recover

> I'm not a lawyer, but isn't this what they call involuntary man slaughter?
>
> Rox
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 26 Aug 2011, at 08:15 AM, "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" 
> <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> > Behalf Of Julie J.
> > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 8:53 AM
> > To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> > 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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> >> Baldwin, NY. www.superiortravel.com
> >>
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> >> Inc.
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Julie Phillipson"<jbrew48 at verizon.net>
> >> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> >> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:21 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Neighbors mourn death of blind pedestrian;his 
> >> service
> >> dog will recover
> >>
> >>
> >>> 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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