Wolf
06-27-2008, 10:53 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-bills-lynchaccident&prov=ap&type=lgns
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)—Bills running back Marshawn Lynch had his driver’s license revoked in traffic court on Friday after saying he didn’t know he hit someone while driving on a Buffalo street last month.
Administrative Law Judge Thomas Gagola found Lynch’s behavior on May 31 “constituted a reckless disregard of human life or property.” He also imposed the maximum $100 fine and $50 surcharge after Lynch pleaded guilty to failure to exercise due care toward a pedestrian.
Lynch, the Bills’ first-round draft pick in 2007 out of California, was driving his 2008 Porsche Cayenne SUV in the city’s bar district at 3:30 a.m. when he struck a 27-year-old Ontario woman and kept going.
“It was raining real hard, there was a dancing pedestrian in the middle of the street,” the 22-year-old Lynch said before the hearing. “I slowed down to let her go and continued on my way home. I didn’t know my car had hit anyone or anything.”
Investigators believe the woman Lynch struck was near the woman he saw dancing.
In the weeks immediately after the accident, investigators grew frustrated by a lack of cooperation from Lynch and the Bills. That eventually led Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark to subpoena three players and at least two Bills officials, including chief operating officer Russ Brandon, to appear before the grand jury.
The grand jury was dismissed without hearing testimony once the agreement was reached.
Lynch, in his statement, said he was following his lawyer’s advice.
“I regret that this matter has taken some time to resolve,” he said. “If I had known at the time that my vehicle had struck a pedestrian, I would have stopped immediately.
“My greatest concerns and well wishes are of course for Ms. Shpeley. However, I also wish to apologize to my teammates, the entire Buffalo Bills organization and the Buffalo fans for this unfortunate accident,” he said.
Shpeley has indicated she is considering filing a lawsuit against Lynch.
way it sounds i believe the guy, but wonder why the there was feet dragging, unless there is more to the story than what is reported
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP)—Bills running back Marshawn Lynch had his driver’s license revoked in traffic court on Friday after saying he didn’t know he hit someone while driving on a Buffalo street last month.
Administrative Law Judge Thomas Gagola found Lynch’s behavior on May 31 “constituted a reckless disregard of human life or property.” He also imposed the maximum $100 fine and $50 surcharge after Lynch pleaded guilty to failure to exercise due care toward a pedestrian.
Lynch, the Bills’ first-round draft pick in 2007 out of California, was driving his 2008 Porsche Cayenne SUV in the city’s bar district at 3:30 a.m. when he struck a 27-year-old Ontario woman and kept going.
“It was raining real hard, there was a dancing pedestrian in the middle of the street,” the 22-year-old Lynch said before the hearing. “I slowed down to let her go and continued on my way home. I didn’t know my car had hit anyone or anything.”
Investigators believe the woman Lynch struck was near the woman he saw dancing.
In the weeks immediately after the accident, investigators grew frustrated by a lack of cooperation from Lynch and the Bills. That eventually led Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark to subpoena three players and at least two Bills officials, including chief operating officer Russ Brandon, to appear before the grand jury.
The grand jury was dismissed without hearing testimony once the agreement was reached.
Lynch, in his statement, said he was following his lawyer’s advice.
“I regret that this matter has taken some time to resolve,” he said. “If I had known at the time that my vehicle had struck a pedestrian, I would have stopped immediately.
“My greatest concerns and well wishes are of course for Ms. Shpeley. However, I also wish to apologize to my teammates, the entire Buffalo Bills organization and the Buffalo fans for this unfortunate accident,” he said.
Shpeley has indicated she is considering filing a lawsuit against Lynch.
way it sounds i believe the guy, but wonder why the there was feet dragging, unless there is more to the story than what is reported