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September 24, 2014
Grand Jury Does Not Indict Tony Stewart in Accident: A grand jury in Ontario County, N.Y., decided not to file criminal charges against the Nascar champion Tony Stewart for the Aug. 9 crash that killed driver Kevin Ward Jr.
posted by BornIcon to auto racing at 03:25 PM - 6 comments
Ward's family laid a patch of a statement suggesting a civil suit is waiting at the pole.
Good luck with that when you have to argue against the fact that Ward was high at the time.
posted by Bonkers at 08:00 PM on September 24, 2014
Was Stewart drug tested that night? Nope.
"There was no toxicology work performed on Tony Stewart, however a certified drug recognition expert had interviewed him on the night of the collision and determined that he found no basis to observe any alcohol consumption or impairment by drugs."
Seems a little convenient that the dead guy gets tested and the famous guy who ran him over doesn't.
posted by rcade at 09:27 PM on September 24, 2014
Aren't we talking about a sport derived from bootlegging liquor? And we are blaming weed for Ward's aggressiveness? HAVE YOU NO SHAME?
posted by yerfatma at 09:47 PM on September 24, 2014
Seems a little convenient that the dead guy gets tested
That's standard procedure in autopsies...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:15 PM on September 24, 2014
Thought it was a bit low to talk about the weed use by Ward. Hey, the guy's dead, Stewart is absolved of any crime, so leave it at that. I realize that the grand jury record is public, but why include the marijuana use in the DA's statement? De mortuis nil nisi bonum.
posted by Howard_T at 11:19 PM on September 24, 2014
Love Tony Stewart's statement about how the person who's death he caused will be in his prayers. Whom, exactly, would we be thinking took precedence? Bullwinkle J. Moose? Ward's family laid a patch of a statement suggesting a civil suit is waiting at the pole.