Biff_Poindexter
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3 die when car hits 9 people in San Diego homeless camp
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A driver plowed through a sidewalk homeless encampment Monday in downtown San Diego, killing three people and injuring six others, authorities said.
apnews.com
"A driver plowed through a sidewalk homeless encampment Monday in downtown San Diego, killing three people and injuring six others, authorities said. Craig Voss, 71, was heading through a tunnel underneath a community college campus when he drove his Volvo station wagon up on the sidewalk shortly after 9 a.m., San Diego Police Chief David Nisleit. Voss was arrested at the scene. He faces three counts of vehicular manslaughter, five counts of causing great bodily harm and a felony DUI, Nisleit said. Mayor Todd Gloria said most, if not all of the nine people who were struck were homeless. Three people died at the scene. Five of the six others who were injured were taken to hospitals. Two were in critical condition "
I really feel for this guy...He had no way of knowing that a bunch of homeless people would decide to camp up practically right on the street he was driving on...Luckily for him, homeless people aren't really considered people people; so if he does get convicted of anything, it won't be the same as if he ran over real people...If his lawyer was smart; he would argue that those homeless people were protesters and his client ran them over for his own safety.