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DeminPennswoods

(15,311 posts)
15. I recall 2 similar incidents
Mon Oct 7, 2019, 04:09 AM
Oct 2019

that happened in Pennsylvania where drivers hit pedestrians, then left the scene without stopping. One involved the wife of a Phila Eagles football team executive whose wife hit a young man while he was changing a tire on the side of the road. She just left him to die. She figured her hubby's status would give her immunity, but she was wrong there was plenty of outrage when she was identified. She ultimately spent nearly a year in jail.

Then there was former R state rep Tom Druce who was drunk, hit and killed a pedestrian (a USMC vet), then covered it up and iced the cake by filing a false insurance claim. He got 2-4 years in jail and 100,000 dollar fine.
An old DU thread about it: https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1541864

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