Dismissed: State trooper beats citations in fatal crash [View all]
Dismissed: State trooper beats citations in fatal crash
The car barreled down a county road at more than 100 mph before it slammed into a Mitsubishi Galant, killing one woman, seriously injuring another and hurtling a child through the windshield.
At the wheel of the speeding vehicle: an on-duty Florida Highway Patrol trooper.
FHP found the trooper, Detrick McClellan, at fault in the horrific crash, fired him, and cited him with three traffic violations.
But when his case came up in court, the trooper who issued the citations wasn't there. Another trooper in attendance said that though he couldn't represent the agency, he would not object to dismissing the tickets, and the judge did just that.
McClellan walked out with no consequences, and even got handshakes from his fellow law enforcement officers.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-trooper-crash-citations-dismissed-20130216,0,5990362.story?page=1
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