10-27-2009, 05:29 PM
The car’s engine and electrical system stopped working, so Barber said he “smashed the window with his left palm like he saw how to do on TV.”
I'm curious-- was the car submerged at that time? Even with the electrics out, the door should have been able to be opened from the inside. Water pressure might have made it difficult to open. And then-- he was drunk.
I remember a while back in Oakland CA, a woman on her way from work to a meeting, drove in the fog, down what she thought was a street. It turned out to be a boat ramp at a marina. I think it took a week to check the area and find her. Somebody else did something similar a year before, but I don't think they died.
So I could see how a drunk, listening to his GPS (which we know is often out of date) could take a wrong turn and drive into a river.
Here's hoping he gets some jail time, anyway.
I'm curious-- was the car submerged at that time? Even with the electrics out, the door should have been able to be opened from the inside. Water pressure might have made it difficult to open. And then-- he was drunk.
I remember a while back in Oakland CA, a woman on her way from work to a meeting, drove in the fog, down what she thought was a street. It turned out to be a boat ramp at a marina. I think it took a week to check the area and find her. Somebody else did something similar a year before, but I don't think they died.
So I could see how a drunk, listening to his GPS (which we know is often out of date) could take a wrong turn and drive into a river.
Here's hoping he gets some jail time, anyway.