Thread: CHOPPER CRASH IN PHOENIX

Should this man be charged for helicopter crash?

I suppose by now you have all heard of the terrible helicopter crash between two television stations in Phoenix, Arizona, as they followed a police car chase. A man had "fled a traffic stop" (I am assuming that means he drove through a stop sign) and police began a chase. The driver of the pick-up truck was driving erratically hitting several cars and driving up on sidewalks at the time of the chase.

Two helicopters following the chase crashed into each other and plunged to the ground, all four occupants of both helicopters were killed. The truck driver was taken into custody but there is no word as to whether he was driving under the influence. The only report I have right now is that they are considering charging him for the deaths of the men in the helicopters.

It does not say what the charge would be - probably not murder, possibly manslauter (4 counts?) Do you really think the driver of the truck should be held accountable for the actions of the helicopter pilots?

We have all heard of accidents occuring because of police chases and there has been an effort (at least up here in Ontario) to curb police chases. They were chasing a guy because he ran a stop sign; he didn't rob a bank. Yes, he may have been intoxicated. Was this really worthy news to have helicopters up in the air following the chase? It was not O.J. Simpson.

I just don't believe he is responsible for what happened with the helicopters. The pilots should know what they are doing (whether they even needed to be following this story is another debate).

What is your opinion?


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No.....I don't think he should. They're out for a news story and took the same risks as a news van in traffic rushing to a spot. Kind of pressing it to extreems in my opinion. Sad but we can't continue to make people responsible for something they had nothing to do with just to blame somebody.

He;s no more to blame for this than if I ran into the back of a car while I was lookylooing a crash site.