Man ordered to carry photo of girl killed in crash he caused

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Kate Brumback, Associated Press
Updated 4:52 pm, Friday, June 30, 2017


ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has ordered a New Mexico man to carry around a photo of an 18-year-old girl who died when his truck plowed into her SUV, saying he should think about the life he took in a seven-vehicle pileup near Atlanta.

Daniel Crane, 50, pleaded guilty last week to charges of vehicular homicide and following too closely in the Aug. 20 collision that killed Summer Lee. Crane was northbound on Interstate 75 in Henry County, just south of Atlanta, when his tractor-trailer hit the back of Lee's SUV and pushed it into five other vehicles, killing her and injuring seven others, according to local media reports from the time.

At sentencing June 22, Senior Judge Rusty Carlisle agreed with the state's recommendations, including a two-year sentence made up of 60 days in jail and the remainder on probation. But the judge also told Crane he was adding his own condition: Carry around a photo of Lee and a copy of the statement her mother read at the hearing for the duration of his probation.

"I believe in my heart Summer would want me to forgive you, but please know the difference in forgiving and forgetting," Kimberly Lee told the court, in part, reading from a statement she wrote beforehand. "I know through my faith I must forgive if I plan on seeing her again when my day comes, so I would like to say I forgive you."



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Daniel Crane

[Sneederbunk]

1. Oh yes, that will bring closure.

[pnwmom]

2. I wouldn't want a person who killed my child to carry a picture around forever.

That's a horrible thought.

[athenasatanjesus]

3. this will only punish him if he is a good and carring person.

If he killed her because he doesn't care about others and drives like it,this won't affect him at all, and if he's a good person that just made a mistake then why bother since he will already be haunted.

[Coventina]

4. Agree. This is a stupid punishment.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. What an odd, totemic order.

[ailsagirl]

6. Following too closely is so dangerous, yet it happens all the time

I was on a two-lane road and had to move to the left lane in order to pass a slow truck, and this moron behind me began seriously tail-gating me while I was passing the truck. Scared the hell out of me. Truck had a wide load to boot and there was road construction going on.

Happened last week, too. The car behind me was so close I was expecting it to bump into me.
I wasn't going slow, either.

What gives??

I'm sorry for that woman whose life ended because that idiot was stupidly tail-gating.

[not fooled]

7. Yeah, I don't get it either

Lots of drivers out there who presumably are not overtly suicidal, value their lives, and take all sorts of measures--like exercising and watching what they eat--in order to live as long as possible, but then get behind the wheel and drive like maniacs, as if they don't care whether they die that instant. I just don't get it.

Wouldn't be surprised to find that this sort of aggressive, antisocial behavior is on the rise as the country has been pushed to the right with all sorts of attendant negative attitudes toward our fellow humans.

[ailsagirl]

8. You could very well be right

Sometimes, in my more disgusted moments, I figure if one of those crazies wants to kill him/herself, it's their business. But it's really not. Safe driving is a collaborative effort-- you could be driving perfectly then have some cretin out of nowhere plow into you-- just like what happened to this poor woman. And we have no control over what other drivers do. It's really the most dangerous thing we do.

Have a safe 4th of July!

[TheBlackAdder]

11. Isn't that bird poop on the window? Time for a 5 Second windshield wash. Where'd the tailgater go?

[Mr. Evil]

9. If looks are telling as they sometimes are

this asshole looks like he could give a shit.

[Bayard]

10. Where are the wallet police?

Who is going to keep checking that this guy has the girl's pic on him?

I don't get why he was only given two years for vehicular homicide, and half of that is probation. I read the article, I don't see anything additional.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. I don't get the short sentence either n/t

[Egnever]

12. Sounds like a case of poor people Justice.

I bet he had a public defender.