Nanny thought fatally injured children were all right
If you're not familiar with this, last week, a woman--a *nanny*, who didn't have a drivers license (because it had been suspended--NINE TIMES)--hit and killed two children, aged 10 and 7. She left the scene, and proceeded to elude police for several days. They finally found her in San Jose last Tuesday.
I'm just stunned by this, though. From the article:
A nanny suspected of killing two Danville children in a hit-and-run accident Sunday, acknowledged that she was the driver who struck the two children, but said she thought the children would be OK when she left the scene.
Fucking christ, woman. You hit these kids with your car, why the hell would you think they'd be okay? Would *you* be okay if some asshat fucktard driver (who shouldn't have been driving in the first goddamn place) hit YOU?
The article goes on to say:
Barreto was arrested Tuesday in San Jose and said she did not believe the accident was a classic hit-and-run because she stopped to check on the welfare of the children and remained at the scene for about 15 minutes.
Oh. Good. Good, she stayed there for a whole fifteen minutes, and then left the scene IN A CAB. She didn't wait for the paramedics to arrive, she didn't wait for the police to arrive, she stayed there for about fifteen minutes, and then LEFT. God.
She went back to her apartment, but 'left when she saw a police officer.'
You know, having been in car accidents before, I know they can scramble your brain. I've never been involved in a pedestrian accident, but I can only imagine the thoughts that must have been going through this woman's mind. But running from the police? Not good.
She's been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter. That warms the cockles of my heart. I hope they don't give her the death penalty, though. I'd rather just see her rot in jail for the rest of her life, haunted by the thought of what she did to those two children, and to the lives of everyone who loved them.
Idiots.
Posted by Liz at November 1, 2003 12:54 PM