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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2012-06-24 01:23
GREENVILLE, S.C. - A drunken driver killed an Upstate women's son last year, and if the grief wasn't enough, she's had to deal with bills associated with the wreck, even for the cost of cleaning up her son's blood.
A coroner called Loretta Robinson last June and told her that her oldest son, Justin Walker, died when his car was struck by a drunken driver on White Horse Road. "I never would have imagined getting that call," she said. "Never in one million years expected that."
Robinson looked Anna Gonzalez, the accused driver, in the eye in court Tuesday as Gonzalez pleaded guilty.
The grieving mother then showed the judge the many bills she's had to pay, even though her son was not at fault.
Robinson said she paid to have the wrecked car stored for months, in case there was a trial.
"I had to pay to have the vehicle towed," she said. "I had to pay for the vehicle removed and to clean up the street from Justin's blood on the ground."
Robinson said that was the bill that stung the most – paying $50 to have the street cleaned.
"First of all, having to open the mail and look at the charge to the deceased, Justin Darryl Walker -- the deceased! It's just a hard thing to deal with in the context of your child," she said.
She said she has a hard time working now because of the emotional effects of the accident, and having bills keep on arriving when she has no income is very frustrating.
The state's victim assistance fund has provided some money, but it primarily covers funeral, medical and counseling expenses.
http://www.wyff4.com/news/local-news/greenville-news/After-drunken-driver-kills-son-mother-billed-for-cleanup/-/9654794/15178974/-/pm6im3/-/index.html?source=WYFF
shouldn't the drunken driver be charged with that ._.
he caused the mess in the first place
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Cynic wrote on 2012-06-24 01:30
Yeah, that's pretty fucked up. I'm not sure why they'd charge the poor Mom instead of the ass who actually killed her Son.
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Chiyuri wrote on 2012-06-24 02:43
Quote from Cynic;893028:
Yeah, that's pretty fucked up. I'm not sure why they'd charge the poor Mom instead of the ass who actually killed her Son.
maybe the guy had no money.
So they had to target someone with money.
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Chillax wrote on 2012-06-24 03:05
Quote from Chiyuri;893073:
maybe the guy had no money.
So they had to target someone with money.
Probably this. She was an illegal immigrant with no insurance or driver's license.
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Yoorah wrote on 2012-06-24 21:55
That's terrible. The state should be responsible for the cost until the criminal can be made to cough up the money. There is no justification for billing the innocent victim.
Hopefully the loser will at least get deported back to where they belong.
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Claudia wrote on 2012-06-24 22:26
It's like that story where a college student died and the private loan companies refused to forgive his debts.
So sick and wrong.
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Rin wrote on 2012-06-24 23:13
Doesn't the state or city government cover that?
In any case, I'm sure billing the victim has some relations to insurance, especially that law where if only one party has insurance, they have to pay for the whole thing.