Follow up on incident on WOD in Vienna

[rcannon100]

Fairfax woman gets 6-month term for trail hit-and-run

Mehak Chopra had drunk more than a half bottle of wine before mistakenly guiding her sedan onto one of the area’s most popular recreation trails and driving down the path at
40 mph last June, a Fairfax County prosecutor said.

Several pedestrians leapt off the Washington & Old Dominion Trail to avoid being struck, but Joseph Suriol, 65, never saw the car coming, and it plowed into him as he biked near Vienna. Chopra kept going.

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[rpiretti]

Thanks for the post. But wow! I mean no disrespect to the victims here but just half a bottle of wine? C’mon……I was thinking at least 3 1/2

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[KLizotte]

Only six months?! Wow.

[mstone]

So she’ll be back on the road this year? It’s OK, she’s a nice lady who never did anything bad before.

[Bilsko]

Evidently she knew how to commit the perfect crime

[brendan]

@Bilsko 84519 wrote:

Evidently she knew how to commit the perfect crime

Listened to that podcast this weekend. A bit sobering.

B

[creadinger]

Aside from the jail time, did they also confiscate her driving license for a period of time? I mean 1-2 years without a license while trying to navigate life might be a good way to teach someone how important the PRIVILEGE of driving really is. She may even take up cycling and learn to enjoy it.

[mstone]

@creadinger 84524 wrote:

Aside from the jail time, did they also confiscate her driving license for a period of time? I mean 1-2 years without a license while trying to navigate life might be a good way to teach someone how important the PRIVILEGE of driving really is. She may even take up cycling and learn to enjoy it.

1 to 2 years my ass–there’s no reason she ever needs to drive again

[eminva]

I thought it was automatic that your license would be suspended if you failed a breathalizer test, even before any adjudication — ?

So that may have happened already. Not sure how long it lasts, though.

Liz

[chris_s]

Random googling suggests that in VA your license is immediately confiscated if you’re charged with DWI, but for first time offenders the longest possible suspension is one year. Misdemeanor hit and run appears to carry an even shorter suspension period (6 months)

[baiskeli]

@rpiretti 84509 wrote:

Thanks for the post. But wow! I mean no disrespect to the victims here but just half a bottle of wine? C’mon……I was thinking at least 3 1/2

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Perhaps she weighs 90 or 100 pounds or so.

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