Woman Gets Six Years for Simultaneously Drinking, Driving, and Calling
Sarah Taylor, now 23, won't be getting out of jail until she's almost 30 because she got behind the wheel of her Fiat while heavily intoxicated and proceeded to have a conversation on her cell phone. Taylor slammed head on into the Mini of Melanie Simon Lee, who lost control of her vehicle and landed in lanes of oncoming traffic on the M61 highway near Brindle, England. At the time of the impact, Lee's car was stopped in the middle of the road and passers-by stopped to help her. Taylor, preoccupied and drunk, didn't notice the initial accident and then plowed into Lee's Mini, which is what caused the ultimately fatal injuries.
Taylor plead guilty in court and will serve six years in prison. Um, okay, since when does drinking-induced manslaughter get someone only six years? Let's hope this triple threat never drinks, drives, or talks on her cell phoen again. [Source: Cellular News, via Textually]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Linda @ Jul 15th 2008 1:41PM
OMG good thing she lives in England!!
DENNIS I. @ Jul 15th 2008 2:22PM
MOM?
I SHOULD HAVE GUESSED.
DENNIS I. @ Jul 15th 2008 2:23PM
Let Dick Cheney shoot her in the face, he's not busy this week.
LORRAINE @ Jul 15th 2008 2:58PM
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES, THEY SHOULD HAVE THROWN AWAY THE BLOODY KEY.
Larry @ Jul 15th 2008 4:30PM
6 years isn't nearly enough. Can't believe they wouldn't give her 25 to life. She killed someone while drunk. Throw away the key