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| Man Throws Baby Out of Car During 100 Mph Chase |
| 2004-09-14 |
| Tue 14 Sep 2004 - 2:23pm (UK) An American threw his fiancee's eight-month-old daughter out of a car as he fled police after being accused of domestic violence. Can you say, "Instant attempted murder charges?" The girl, strapped into a car seat, was unhurt but the man was later killed in a crash. Dana Bettin, 23, died, three days after the dramatic 100 mph highway chase in the northern US state of Wisconsin that ended when he crashed his fiancee's car into an unoccupied police squad car. At one point, he slowed down, opened the car door and dropped the baby in the car seat onto the road, sending it tumbling toward the middle of the carriageway. "As the baby was flying toward me I noticed that she was crying very hard and looked scared," Wisconsin State Patrol Sergeant. David Catalano said. "Fortunately she was seat-belted into the child seat so that as it slid forward on the highway and then rolled over she escaped without any injuries," he said. Sheriff's Sergeant Dan Pamenter said the man at first tried to put the baby out of the car on the hard shoulder, but the car door was in his way. He eventually pulled back into traffic and pushed the baby out as he was accelerating. "His car was jerking back and forth," Pamenter said. "I didn't know what he was doing. He seemed to care for the baby." "I was pretty certain he wasn't going to stop until he crashed," Pamenter said. The chase continued at speeds up to 100 mph. The pursuit ended when Bettin had a minor collision with a vehicle and then crashed into an unoccupied squad car. The car he was driving rolled over and he was pinned underneath. He died at a hospital in Green Bay. GOOD RIDDANCE. ANOTHER MAGGOT SQUISHED! Catalano spoke to the baby's mother and said the girl is going fine. "Her mother is very devastated about everything right now," he said. "It was her fiance involved and she's very upset." wHO ARE THESE SICK F&%KS AND WHY DO THEY STEAL OUR OXYGEN? |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #16 choked on a Brat Maybe so, but at least the brat was retrieved in one piece. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-14 11:34:32 PM |
| #15 the CBS version of the video has a Bush/Cheney sticker on the perps car. wtf? |
| Posted by: spiffo 2004-09-14 11:02:16 PM |
| #14 Just another Kerry supporting Wisconsin Democrat doing his thing. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-14 8:59:22 PM |
| #13 choked on a Brat |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-14 8:58:20 PM |
| #12 #9 ok - let's all agree he's a worthless POS All right, he is a worthless POS. I hope you're happy now, Frank. Harumph. He die from his injuries or being smothered to death with a giant cheesehead hat? I'd like to think it was with one of those obnoxious cheesehead hats ... liberally smeared with Limburger beforehand. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-14 8:49:32 PM |
| #11 He died at a hospital in Green Bay. Green Bay? He die from his injuries or being smothered to death with a giant cheesehead hat? |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-09-14 7:58:34 PM |
| #10 Zenster, that is what I thought when I saw the police video this morning on Fox. The guy was hoping to slow down pursuit by dropping off the baby directly in front of the pursuing police car. Bastard. Those baby carriers are very tough and designed to protect the child (to a certain extent of course) even when rolling over and over if the baby is strapped in properly. as I recall the straps should be just snug enough so you can get a couple of fingers between the baby and the strap. Every inch of 'looseness' gives the baby that much more room to slam around in during an accident (or being kicked out of a fleeing car....). Think 'shaken baby syndrome'. Make sure your baby is properly strapped into the carrier. :) |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-09-14 7:26:39 PM |
| #9 ok - let's all agree he's a worthless POS, but the cop car behind him was going like 2mph as was the chased car. Let's all also agree he got what was coming to him and happy the child is fine....bad move, good results |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-14 7:24:38 PM |
| #8 Shipman, involving an infant in a 100 MPH car chase is pretty depraved to begin with, I fail to see anything "decent" about it. If this sh!tstain had pulled to the side and abandoned that baby on the road's shoulder, I might be able to believe you. I am forced to assume that the baby was placed in the path of pursuing vehicles in order to interfere with their attempts to apprehend this human skidmark. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-14 7:12:54 PM |
| #7 it also might have been his last decent thought so he's got that going for him, ....which is nice |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-14 7:09:50 PM |
| #6 Perhaps Zman, it also might have been his last decent thought... let me get the kid out of here anyway... no difference in outcome or motive... but humans are pretty damn complex. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-14 7:03:01 PM |
| #5 rjschwarz, take a close look at the police cruiser video image. Regardless of speed, the child was deposited upon the roadway where other pursuing vehicles could have struck it. This is depravity on a disgusting scale. The maggot who did this could not die soon enough. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-09-14 4:36:10 PM |
| #4 Saw this on Fox this morning. The guy slowed down a lot, almost stopped before he dumped the child seat and child out the door. Its not as if he tossed the kid out of the window at a 100 miles an hour. Still I'd say attempted murder if he lived, the bastard. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2004-09-14 3:48:41 PM |
| #3 The girl, strapped into a car seat, was unhurt but the man was later killed in a crash. Ah, nice to see there is still a little justice in this world. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-14 3:34:38 PM |
| #2 Not sure whether a Darwin Award's warranted here. Unless of course the girl was conceived with another man's seed.... |
| Posted by: lex 2004-09-14 3:26:41 PM |
| #1 No injuries! I hope that kid'll be able to afford college on the product endorsement. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-14 3:21:33 PM |