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Driver faces murder charges in hit-and-run at Rancho San Antonio park

Original post made on Oct 7, 2019

The Santa Clara woman who allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian at Rancho San Antonio last week is accused of intentionally driving onto park trails and swerving into pedestrians, according to court documents.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, October 7, 2019, 10:44 AM

Comments (3)

Posted by UNREAL
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Oct 7, 2019 at 2:52 pm

So a little confused....it is possible to get on this trail with a car?


Posted by DoctorData
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Oct 7, 2019 at 3:09 pm

DoctorData is a registered user.

@UNREAL: An article in the Mercury News goes into a little more detail. It's possible to get onto the trail with a car (presumably rangers would need to do just that from time to time), but it's not possible to get onto the trail by, say, accidentally taking a wrong turn. You'd have to intend to go onto to the trail, which probably feeds into the murder charge as opposed to a manslaughter charge.

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Posted by Murder vs manslaughter
a resident of another community
on Oct 7, 2019 at 8:21 pm

Um, yeah.... It was the reversing and driving over him repeatedly that brought the murder charge, which also clearly rules out any need to ask whether she ended up on the trail by accident.


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