Woman charged with two deaths
Tulsa World PhotoThis is from today's Tulsa World.
Woman charged in double bicycle fatality
By Staff Reports
Published: 6/17/2009 12:45 PM
Last Modified: 6/17/2009 12:50 PM
Tulsa World PhotoA Sand Springs woman was charged Wednesday with manslaughter and driving under the influence after she allegedly ran down three bicyclists last week, killing two of them.
Tausha Dion Borland, 38, was charged by the Tulsa County District Attorney's Office with two counts of first-degree manslaughter, leaving the scene of a fatality accident and driving under the influence.
Borland was released from jail last week on $100,000 bond.
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If Borland is convicted of DUI, it will be her second offense which is a felony here in Oklahoma. Frankly, I was surprised by the tone of the comments following this article. They almost uniformly condemn her behavior, with one lone exception (so far) by an obvious troll.
Getting hit from behind is very likely every cyclist's worst nightmare. Fortunately, this type of crash is relatively rare, but the truth is that it's responsible for too many deaths.
Hug your loved ones tonight, and ride safe.
Labels: bicycling deaths, DUI, Tulsa
posted by Ed W at 5:01 PM
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