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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Jul 24, 2013 08:22pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Thursday, July 25, 2013 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "San Francisco: the district attorney said his office could not find any other cases in which a prosecutor had obtained a manslaughter conviction against a cyclist.
A cyclist has pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter after running down a 71-year-old pedestrian in what San Francisco's top prosecutor said appeared to be the first conviction of its kind in the US.
Under the unusual plea deal last week, Chris Bucchere, 37, would not serve any jail time but would be sentenced to three years probation and 1,000 hours of community service following the death of Sutchi Hui of San Bruno, district attorney George Gascon said.
"Our goal is to send a message to cyclists about safety," Gascon said. "Just because you are riding a bicycle doesn't mean all bets are off. All of the rules of the road that apply to everyone else apply to you too."
Bucchere, a software engineer from San Francisco had been riding recklessly and had run three red lights when he struck Hui as he and his wife crossed a street in the Castro district of San Francisco on 29 March 2012, prosecutors said.
Hui died four days later from his injuries. His wife was not hurt. Hui's family has filed a civil suit against Bucchere." |
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