Friday, June 15, 2007
DUI causing death? Pay $150,000 to deceased's estate
DUI news / Drunk Driving info:
June 15, 2007
A person who is convicted or pleads guilty to DUI and having caused the death of another must pay $150,000.00 to the dead person's estate, under Iowa law.
After a sixty-two year old man was struck and killed by a car another man was arrested and charged with DUI / OWI Varell Wiley of West Des Moines was charged with driving the car that allegedly struck and killed Kerry Tucker.
A West Des Moines man is facing DUI charges in connection with a deadly hit-and-run accident, and police say more charges are likely. Sixty-two-year-old Kerry Tucker was struck and killed near the intersection of 63rd Street and Clark Wednesday night.
Police found a car with a shattered windshield just a few blocks away. Fifty-one-year-old Varell Wiley of West Des Moines was behind the wheel. He's been charged with OWI. Police are hoping evidence from Wiley's car windshield will prove he hit Tucker.
June 15, 2007
A person who is convicted or pleads guilty to DUI and having caused the death of another must pay $150,000.00 to the dead person's estate, under Iowa law.
After a sixty-two year old man was struck and killed by a car another man was arrested and charged with DUI / OWI Varell Wiley of West Des Moines was charged with driving the car that allegedly struck and killed Kerry Tucker.
A West Des Moines man is facing DUI charges in connection with a deadly hit-and-run accident, and police say more charges are likely. Sixty-two-year-old Kerry Tucker was struck and killed near the intersection of 63rd Street and Clark Wednesday night.
Police found a car with a shattered windshield just a few blocks away. Fifty-one-year-old Varell Wiley of West Des Moines was behind the wheel. He's been charged with OWI. Police are hoping evidence from Wiley's car windshield will prove he hit Tucker.
# posted by SanDiegoDUI @ 7:51 PM 
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