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Police: Legally Blind Man Killed While Driving ATV
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| quote: | COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Ohio -- Police said a local man, who was diagnosed as legally blind, died after crashing his all-terrain vehicle in Columbiana County.
The crash happened on Sunday evening just south of Lisbon on Steubenville Pike Road.
Columbiana County sheriff’s Deputies told NEWS9 that Charles Hoyle, 34, of Boardman was hanging out with friends when he made the decision that ended his life.
Chief Deputy Allen Haueter said Hoyle was with two friends behind a home on Steubenville Pike when he asked one of his friends if he could ride his ATV.
But Haueter said Hoyle didn’t have a license to drive, and that he was considered legally blind.
Haueter told NEWS9 the men helped Hoyle onto the ATV anyways and warned him to go slow, but Hoyle didn't listen.
“When the men put Mr. Hoyle on there, he took off, full acceleration,” said Haueter. “And they were screaming at him to hold back and stop, and they couldn't catch up to him. Then he struck a smaller tree and he hit a larger one head-on.”
Deputies said Hoyle was thrown from the ATV, and died of a head injury on scene.
Haueter also said Hoyle's friends admitted they all had been drinking prior to the accident.
“They advised they'd been drinking but they weren't at a point of no return,” said Haueter. "It shouldn't have happened. It's a tragic accident."
While Hoyle was considered legally blind, he did at one point have a driver’s license, but Haueter said that license expired in 2000.. |
http://www.wtov9.com/news/14146280/detail.html |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
This is good for the gene pool.  For many reasons come to think of it. |
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| Marc Summers |
| I never understood why drive thru ATM's have brail, lol. |
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| Abercrombie |
| Didn't see that comin' |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Marc Summers
I never understood why drive thru ATM's have brail, lol. |
think harder. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| The threshold for being 'legally blind' is really quite low. He probably had trouble enough seeing that they revoked his license, but that doesn't necessarily mean he was the type of person you'd see poking along the sidewalk with a leash in one hand and a plastic stick in the other. |
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| Omega_M |
| not an excuse to drive though. good thing he only killed himself. could have killed others. |
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| DigitalMP |
| Crazy, and I thought Columbiana County was in Florida. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Omega_M
not an excuse to drive though. good thing he only killed himself. could have killed others. |
You could have a brain aneurysm while driving and crash into an orphanage on Mother's Day.
YOU'RE HIGH-RISK, MOTHERER!!! |
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| Omega_M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
You could have a brain aneurysm while driving and crash into an orphanage on Mother's Day.
YOU'RE HIGH-RISK, MOTHERER!!! |
In that aspect, I'm just as high a risk as you are, !!1!
Now cut up that driver's license and START RIDING THE BUS. |
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