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Cops: Fatal-Crash Trucker Was Watching Porn

Mom of 2 killed when rig plows into her car

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 28, 2010 3:36 AM CST

(Newser) – A trucker has been arrested after police determined he was leering at porn on his lap top computer when he plowed into a disabled car on a New York freeway, killing the female driver. Thomas Wallace, 45, of Ohio has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a 33-year-old mother of two young children. Truckers are currently battling to their protect their right to keep in-cab computers amid congressional efforts to ban driver texting.

Truckers are battling to keep computers in their cabs as congress debates banning driving texting.
Truckers are battling to keep computers in their cabs as congress debates banning driving texting.   (?Bei Shu Lan)
An Ohio trucker has been busted for a fatal New York crash while he was watching porn in his cab.
An Ohio trucker has been busted for a fatal New York crash while he was watching porn in his cab.   (?cyberuly)
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wtf_wtf
Jan 29, 2010 7:54 AM CST
okay well sorry u little pussy.. if youve been using the internet long enough you would kno LOL doesnt necessarily mean im LAUGHING OUT LOUD.. just a quirk of the keyboard.. and you dont hear these things everyday, so i will keep LOLOLOLOLING you rahtard
flightofphoenix1973
Jan 28, 2010 12:16 PM CST
I think it is just more tragic to some that he was watching porn but you are right, this poor woman is still gone, her kids still without a mommy, no matter what this idiot was watching. Watching ANYTHING while driving is STUPID and reckless!!!
yummines
Jan 28, 2010 11:30 AM CST
i dont understand why people seem to think that driving while distracted is ok. when you are driving, you are supposed to keep your eyes on teh road and the road only. isn't that what they teach you in driving school?
 

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