Trucker Accused of Watching Porn At Time of Fatal Crash
By: Dave Nethers, Fox 8 News January 28, 2010 Â BROOK PARK, Ohio — A local truck driver has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, accused of causing a fatal accident in Buffalo, New York last month. Â Investigators say 45-year-old Thomas Wallace, of Brook Park, was distracted by pornography he was watching on his lap-top computer at the time of the accident. Â They also say he had no more than about 4 hours of sleep in the previous 27 hours, which is a violation of federal trucking rules. Â According to authorities, Wallace hit the car in which 33-year-old Julie Stratton of Snyder, New York was sitting. Â Police say that Stratton had just hit a deer. Her damaged car was sitting in a lane on an open stretch of highway when it was struck. Â Shortly after the accident, Stratton’s family pleaded for Buffalo area residents — who saw the accident — to come forward. Â “I’m always looking for the truth and I’m sure it will be revealed,” said her emotional father Brian Dopkin. Â Captain Michael Nigrelli of the New York State Police tells Fox 8 News the road was clear on the day of the accident. “Visibility was fine, there was no snow on the roads.” Â Nigrelli says other vehicles were able to see and avoid Stratton, but investigators believe Wallace’s eyes were not on the road. Â Wallace is being held in the Genesee County Jail in New York on a $50,000 cash bond.
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