Friday, October 28, 2022

Shocker in Sen. Bewley Case

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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