This development may mean something.
...A Pennsylvania woman who was killed in a car crash involving Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley was driving 100 mph at the time, according to Wisconsin State Patrol investigation records.
The new records show 27-year-old Alyssa Ortman, who died as a result of the crash that also killed her 5-year-old daughter Khaleesi Fink, was traveling nearly 60 mph over the speed limit when the collision with Bewley and another driver occurred...
Now it's all a matter of visibility and the "last clear chance" rule. That rule is used in courts all the time when dealing with accidents; in brief, the driver with the "last clear chance" to avoid the accident is the driver at fault.
If Bewley's vision of the oncoming car was impaired due to a hill or a rise, and her judgment of the situation was based on a 40 MPH speed limit, she may not have had the last clear chance.
Mitigating that? She was on the phone at the time.
Stay tuned.
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