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Why was there a pile of leaves on the street? temporary311 Jan 2014 #1
We used to rake them into the gutter and the city would come along and pick them up. upaloopa Jan 2014 #4
I've been reading about this in the Oregonian. It is a very, very, VERY sad story. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #2
Yup, that all is my take also. So sad, so tragic, and the trouble is for covering it up afterwards. uppityperson Jan 2014 #18
I'm confused about the location of the leaves Skittles Jan 2014 #3
Out west our cities have leaf sucker trucks jmowreader Jan 2014 #7
thanks for the explanation Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Jan 2014 #16
is it ok to drive through the leaf piles ? JI7 Jan 2014 #26
There's no specific law against it, but it's generally considered unsafe driving. Xithras Jan 2014 #45
Leaves Ankletooth Jan 2014 #5
It sounds like a horrible accident gollygee Jan 2014 #6
+1 Kaleva Jan 2014 #8
Why was she intentionally driving through leaf piles? jmowreader Jan 2014 #9
They were in the street... Lost_Count Jan 2014 #30
Where they are, is on the edge of the roadway jmowreader Jan 2014 #39
I think the issue is she didn't call the police when she was told she may have hit the children aikoaiko Jan 2014 #10
If she had called the police as soon as her brother told her that she hit a child, Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #11
My driver's ed instructor was emphatic about never running exboyfil Jan 2014 #17
+1 Salviati Jan 2014 #19
good advice. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #23
Some years ago there was a similar accident in my town Cairycat Jan 2014 #12
Sounds like a terrible accident but then - Solly Mack Jan 2014 #13
An act of stupidity took two young lives. lpbk2713 Jan 2014 #14
"Seems like most people would have gone around something that high." In_The_Wind Jan 2014 #22
It was worse than that. She purposely veered into it. pnwmom Jan 2014 #29
There is always a perfect poster to explain it to us! nt Logical Jan 2014 #36
This seems more like a tragedy than a crime LittleBlue Jan 2014 #20
Isn't panicking and leaving basically why it's a hit and run? And she lied pnwmom Jan 2014 #28
Her biggest crime was steering into the leaves jmowreader Jan 2014 #40
It's always the cover-up that gets you. justiceischeap Jan 2014 #21
Remember the Twilight Zone episode about the hit n run that killed a child? Omaha Steve Jan 2014 #24
My friends and I used to do this exact same thing. Orrex Jan 2014 #25
We used to do that, but never in the street. We'd pile the leaves and make a bird's next to sit in. freshwest Jan 2014 #33
We used to rake up the leaves in the yard Art_from_Ark Jan 2014 #48
When I grew up and got my own place, I did, but when I was a kid, we mulched trees and bushes. freshwest Jan 2014 #49
The fact that the brother rode back on his bike tells me that a thinking person pnwmom Jan 2014 #27
I would certainly want to check, even if just to make sure there's no damage mythology Jan 2014 #31
Don't the little girls' parents bear some responsibility? WillowTree Jan 2014 #32
The girls' father apparently had been observing. DreamGypsy Jan 2014 #35
Thank you. Just so bloody heartbreaking. Praying for all of them. WillowTree Jan 2014 #47
"Cinthya Garcia-Cisneros guilty of hit and run in crash that killed Forest Grove girls" kiva Jan 2014 #34
3 years is enough for a accident! Wow! nt Logical Jan 2014 #37
Hit and run. kiva Jan 2014 #38
3 years is enough. The GOP loves long sentences! You too? nt Logical Jan 2014 #41
In this case I don't agree kcr Jan 2014 #43
My feelings are colored kiva Jan 2014 #44
I can understand why people close to a case feel the way they do kcr Jan 2014 #46
Intent, it might save her life from prison. Rex Jan 2014 #42
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