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RedLS1GTO

11-21-2011, 10:34pm

A good friend of my father's was killed by an absolute f**cking idiot.

Police: 1 killed, several hurt in Clermont Co. crash - FOX19 News and Weather - Greater Cincinnati Area (http://www.fox19.com/story/16092712/batavia-crash-kills-one)

BATAVIA, OH (FOX19) -

A man taking out his trash in Clermont County was struck and killed by a collision between two vehicles. Four others were injured in the accident.

The Ohio State Patrol Batavia Post is investigating the crash that reportedly involved a pick-up truck and a van; the truck was allegedly trying to pass the van when the incident occurred.

The man killed in the accident is Jim Bushman, the Batavia Township Trustee elect. He was to take office January 1. Bushman is the husband of Clermont County Auditor Linda Fraley.

Dispatchers say two vehicles were involved in the crash around 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of SR 132 and Judd Road, just south of Batavia.

"We are shocked and saddened at the news of Jim's death," said Batavia Township Administrator Rex Parsons. "Jim was just an outstanding individual. He was a great family man and cared a lot about Batavia Township. We will miss him." The 72-year-old Bushman was to take office as a Batavia Township trustee in January 2012; he previously served as a township trustee from 1999-2003.

Clermont County Commissioner Archie Wilson is a long-time friend of Bushman. "He was the type of guy people would meet and soon feel like they had known him their entire life," said Wilson. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. This is such a great loss." "Jim was one of the nicest guys," reflected Clermont County Commissioner Bob Proud. "He worked hard for every cause he was involved with and was dedicated to making his community a great place to live and work."

Bushman retired from Cincinnati Milacron. He previously worked as a bailiff in Clermont Juvenile Court and served as a member of the Batavia School Board. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Bushman was a member of numerous community groups including the Rotary Club.

Ohio State Patrol says four others were injured in the accident

http://wxix.images.worldnow.com/images/16092712_BG3.jpg

He was a huge part of the community as well as the VFW, always volunteering, and one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet.

According to the driver of the other car, the assf**k in the truck was going upwards of 80-90 mph. I hope that son of a b*tch rots in a cell for as long as the law will allow.

JRD77VET

11-21-2011, 10:39pm

:sadangel:

nhlgopens

11-21-2011, 10:40pm

Damn... sorry to hear. :sadangel:

RedLS1GTO

11-21-2011, 10:45pm

LOCAL12.com Media Center - :: Cincinnati news story :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati (http://www.local12.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3042842)

... this report says speed > 100mph.

I grew up on those roads. I wouldn't go 100 in the Vette. F**king idiot. There just aren't words to describe... :(

MEC5LADY

11-21-2011, 11:11pm

So sorry for your loss. :sadangel:

Milton Fox

11-21-2011, 11:21pm

:patriot:

oyealiz

11-22-2011, 1:25am

RIP Mr. Bushman. :sadangel:

Prayers for your family and friends who are in shock and grieving. :(

pappytinker

11-22-2011, 1:31am

That incident was all over the news in Cincinnati today. The unfortunate man was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was either putting out or picking up some trash (the reporter didn't make it clear) when one of the vehicles went out of control, off the road and hit him.

RedLS1GTO

11-22-2011, 2:05am

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Mine are going out to his family as well as my own father who is pretty torn up right now.

That incident was all over the news in Cincinnati today. The unfortunate man was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was either putting out or picking up some trash (the reporter didn't make it clear) when one of the vehicles went out of control, off the road and hit him.

Yep... he was taking the trash out to the road.

The guy in the pickup tried to pass the van at some ridiculous speed on a VERY narrow road, side swiped it... and hit Jim as he went careening over a ditch, across the driveway where Jim was standing, and flipping through the yard. The contact from the truck sent the van off of the other side of the street and it flipped multiple times as well.

It might be one of the most truly unbelievable cases of wrong place, wrong time I have ever heard of.

Kinda puts things in perspective. :sadangel:

69camfrk

11-22-2011, 6:07am

Damn! Very sad to hear.:sadangel:

bryanZ06

11-22-2011, 8:04am

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. Mine are going out to his family as well as my own father who is pretty torn up right now.

Yep... he was taking the trash out to the road.

The guy in the pickup tried to pass the van at some ridiculous speed on a VERY narrow road, side swiped it... and hit Jim as he went careening over a ditch, across the driveway where Jim was standing, and flipping through the yard. The contact from the truck sent the van off of the other side of the street and it flipped multiple times as well.

It might be one of the most truly unbelievable cases of wrong place, wrong time I have ever heard of.

Kinda puts things in perspective. :sadangel:

Damn. :sadangel:

NB2K

11-22-2011, 8:11am

Poor news.:sadangel:

Driver should be tried for murder, 2nd degree or whatever is above manslaughter.

Sorry for your and your community's loss Red.

vetteman9368

11-22-2011, 8:23am

wow, thats very sad and I will keep him and his family in my prayers.

Kinda brings truth to the saying i use when people tell me that drag racing is dangerous.... "well you can get killed taking the trash out, if its your time, its your time"

Yerf Dog

11-22-2011, 8:50am

Sorry to hear that news. Bet the driver was drunk. :toetap:

VatorMan

11-22-2011, 8:58am

:sadangel::sadangel: very sad.

Bucwheat

11-22-2011, 9:14am

:sadangel:

RedLS1GTO

11-22-2011, 9:25am

...a picture taken not all that long ago of my dad, Jim, and a couple of their other VFW buddies on a cruise.

Still can't believe this happened.

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/botch1980/Random/Dad-Jim.jpg

boracayjohnny

11-22-2011, 5:02pm

End the driver. Serious.

With the current system, he'll get a coupla years probation and $1k for a three day driving course.

R.Zaragoza

11-22-2011, 5:45pm

:sadangel:

BADRACR1

11-22-2011, 6:40pm

Poor news.:sadangel:

Driver should be dragged outside and shot in the head.

Fixed.

:sadangel: Hate to hear this about such a fine man.

78SA

11-22-2011, 6:48pm

Poor news.:sadangel:

Driver should be tried for murder, 2nd degree or whatever is above manslaughter.

Sorry for your and your community's loss Red.

:iagree::sadangel:

Kerrmudgeon

11-22-2011, 8:57pm

Man, talk about bad luck, and being in the wrong place at the wrong time!:sadangel:

OddBall

11-22-2011, 9:01pm

He certainly deserved better. Prayers to his family and friends. :sadangel:

RedLS1GTO

11-22-2011, 9:31pm

Thanks again for the kind words all.

It has been a really rough couple of days for my dad... and infinitely more so for Jim's family.

There is an informal memorial/ celebration of his life tonight at the local VFW that he was a big part of. When I came home from my last deployment, Jim (and my dad) led the way in putting together a welcome home shindig at the V. At the time, I think I had only met him one time prior and even then he went out of his way for me. Such a shame to see such a genuinely good man's life cut short because of the selfish recklessness of another.

NCC-1701

11-23-2011, 7:05am

:sadangel::sadangel:

mrvette

11-23-2011, 10:38am

:sadangel: Damn shame, and something very similar happened on my wife's street, family home she owns, and a woman was killed, two pickups drag racing, one of the neighbors they don't get along with was involved and tried to escape, but wife's sons turned him in as a top suspect....

lady died right at wife's mailbox...

ridiculous.....:sadangel:

RedLS1GTO

04-23-2012, 6:17pm

78SA

04-23-2012, 6:21pm

Should have gotten the death sentence. Just like all the rest of the criminals.

wwomanC6

04-23-2012, 6:25pm

:sadangel: Sorry...this is so sad! At least he will not be given another drivers license!

Prayers for the family and community!

GS Ragtop

04-23-2012, 6:38pm

C5Nate

04-23-2012, 7:06pm

Sentencing was today for the POS responsible for this.

7 years + 3 probation
$15,000 civil suit (which he can't pay)
Drivers license permanently revoked.

He'll be a free man by the time he is 30 with the majority of his life ahead of him. Just doesn't quite seem right.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the accident, the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Paramedics who were the first to respond to the scene detected the odor of alcohol on the breath of the pickup truck driver, Trooper James Adams of the patrol’s Batavia post said. The driver, Jack Richardson, 21, of Amelia, refused to be interviewed by troopers who went to the hospital to investigate, Adams said.

I swear I know this guy. I did some work back in the '80's with Cincinnati Milacron while I was with Johnson Controls on PLC's. We may have crossed paths a time or two.

Small world :sadangel:

Blademaker

04-23-2012, 7:11pm

Sentencing was today for the POS responsible for this.

7 years + 3 probation
$15,000 civil suit (which he can't pay)
Drivers license permanently revoked.

Hope they cell him up with Bubba..........

Torqaholic

04-23-2012, 7:20pm

BADRACR1

04-23-2012, 8:21pm

Seven years means he'll likely serve 3 1/2. Probation, BFD. And no license doesn't mean he won't drive or buy another vehicle.

Not enough IMO. Not near enough. Anyone got a "Pop a cap in his ass" smilie?

RedLS1GTO

04-23-2012, 8:43pm

At 100mph the truck would have been going approximately twice the speed of the van and there's no way the truck would end up right next to the van when the two vehicles came to rest. The fact that they did means the speeds were not highly dissimilar.

Looks like it may have been a legal pass where the van driver drifted over the line. He reported the truck as traveling at a high rate of speed because he wasn't paying attention and never saw him until the accident was in progrress.

Oh well, at least somebody goes to prison, and that's all that matters.

:skep:

Making a speculative judgement based on a single point of view of how 2 vehicles came to rest, including blaming a person who was found to be completely innocent of any wrongdoing (van driver) is beyond ridiculous. There are many, many ways that they could be going different speeds and end up in close proximity to each other.

Those who investigated the crash who had all of the evidence at their disposal, including the skid marks and tracks off of the roads determined what happened yet based on a quick snapshot in an online video you say not only do they have the details wrong, they have the wrong person, that the guy in the truck was making a legal pass, the van driver crossed the center line, ran him off of the road, all because he wasn't paying attention and didn't see the truck driver (who is just an innocent victim in all of this)

You got all of that by looking at a truck and a van in a ditch? Really?

It would probably be relevant to your theory to know that during the hearings the driver of the truck, who plead guilty, admitted to exactly what happened... including driving well over the speed limit, getting 2 wheels off of the side of the road, losing control as he came back up onto the road (which would be pretty easy to see based on marks), and hitting the van.

Somehow I think that if he had been making a legal pass and was run off of the road by the van he might have tried to argue that rather than pleading guilty.

NCC-1701

04-23-2012, 9:02pm

RIP Mr. Bushman. :sadangel:

Prayers for your family and friends who are in shock and grieving. :(

A agree...:sadangel::sadangel:

Torqaholic

04-23-2012, 9:45pm

...
Somehow I think that if he had been making a legal pass and was run off of the road by the van he might have tried to argue that rather than pleading guilty.

You'll just have to reread and comprehend what I wrote. I'm not arguing about what was clear speculation rather than a position to defend.

As for pleading guilty to charges you're not guilty of, it happens hundreds of times every day. If you'd ever been the subject of a trial you would know why.