What would you have done?

[Kiwon]

This guy loses his life trying to stop his girlfriend from driving drunk. What should he have done?

New York Man Trying to Stop Girlfriend From Driving Drunk Run Over, Killed

Monday , July 23, 2007

CENTEREACH, N.Y. —

A man trying to prevent his girlfriend from driving drunk after a party Saturday on Long Island was killed when he was dragged under her car while pleading with her to stop, according to Newsday.

Louis Wiederer, 26, was hanging onto Jesenia Vega's open driver's side window when she started her car and took off, dragging him until he lost his grip and fell under the car, the paper reports.

"You're going to get arrested," the paper reported a witness overhearing Wiederer tell Vega, 27. "You can't drive like that!'

But Vega told him, "Leave me alone!," and took off.

Suffolk police arrested her at the scene and charged her with driving while intoxicated. She pleaded not guilty Sunday and is currently being held in jail.

Wiederer was pronounced dead at the scene.

Wiederer, of Westbury, and Vega, of Carle Place, apparently were at an annual block party during the day. At roughly 9 p.m., Vega left, and that's when the arguing began.

"It looked like he was hitting her, but he was trying to stop her," neighbor Nick Montanino, 49, told Newsday. "She was totally irrational."

Vega then got into her car and drove off as her boyfriend clutched to the open driver's side window. She reportedly fishtailed down the block as her boyfriend's feet dragged. Soon after, Wiederer became lodged under the car — leaving what Newsday called "a trail of skid marks and blood."

Jay Steiner, a 60-year-old retired nurse, said the car sped through two stop signs before coming to a stop. He rushed to the vehicle but saw no signs of life.

He said he recalled Vega saying, "Oh, my God ... Don't tell me I just killed my fiance."

Newsday reported a woman who answered the door at Vega's house Sunday declined to comment. "We can't talk about it at this time," she reportedly told the paper.

However, Wiederer's mother commented.

"It's just a loss right now that's indescribable," Barbara Dempsey said.

Dempsey said she told her son to "Have a good time," and "I love you," before he left for the barbecue.

His response: "I love you, too."
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[MadtownPacker]

He should have stayed away from them puerto rican skanks.

[HarveyWallbangers]

She pleaded not guilty. Doesn't everybody. Must have been somebody else's fault.

[BallHawk]

Think she'll get charged with manslaughter?

[Little Whiskey]

Re: What would you have done?

What should he have done?

let go

[the_idle_threat]

Letting go was the problem ... When he let go, he went under that car. :P

Seriously, I don't know what he should have done differently, because surely he didn't know she was dumb enough to drive off while he was hanging onto the vehicle, or stone cold enough that she would fishtail the vehicle to try and shake him loose, subjecting him to the danger of falling under the vehicle. Given her actions, this was not completely an accident.

Fiancee? Maybe a few last seconds under the tires of her car mercifully saved him from 40 years of excruciating marriage to this piece of work.

[packinpatland]

She is now saying that she was trying to get away from him because he was pushing, shoving and hitting her. Unless there are witnesses to this, it's just her say, and having said that, guess she feels justified in dragging and running him over.

[mraynrand]

This is why handguns are so important. He should have shot her dead to prevent her from driving drunk. Then he would have gone to prison. Prison is tougher on Women, at least according to MSNBC, so he should have done her the favor of shooting her. If you LOVE someone, you'll be willing to kill them and go to prison instead.

P.S. my response, like this story, is totally #ucked up.

[the_idle_threat]

He could have just taken his pocketknife and jammed it into the sidewall of one of the tires. She won't get far on three tires.

But resorting to such an extreme assumes that he knows what the outcome would be otherwise. Obviously he had no idea. Who would've?

[Joemailman]

Think she'll get charged with manslaughter?

I don't see how she gets charged with anything other than DUI. According to the story he was trying to stop her from driving away in her car. In the process, he got run over. He made the decision to try something dangerous. He may have done the right thing, if she was really too drunk to drive, but I think this will go down as a tragic accident, not manslaughter.