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OPD: Alcohol & Speed Factors in Crash Save Email Print
Posted: 10:51 PM Nov 18, 2008
 Last Updated: 5:24 AM Nov 19, 2008
 Reporter: Brian Mastre
Email Address: sixonline@wowt.com
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Alcohol and speed are factors in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday night that left the driver with life-threatening injuries according to the Omaha Police Department's Accident Investigation Squad.

The driver has been identified as 22-year old Jarad Anthony. He was taken to Nebraska Medical Center with possible life-threatening injuries.

Investigators say that at 7:19pm Tuesday officers were called to 168th and West Center for a one vehicle crash.

Omaha police say a silver Chevy Cobalt was going south on 168th from West Center when the driver lost control of the car and hit a metal light pole.

Jarad Anthony was ticketed for DUI.
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Posted by: to SZ on Dec 2, 2008 at 03:09 PM
while i do have sympathy for a true alcoholic, they don't also have a "problem" with "having" to drive a car drunk. Anyone, drunk or otherwise, knows not to get behind the wheel, and doing so they are KNOWINGLY putting other lives and their own at risk. I have sympathy for the drunk but not for the driving!!! My parents were killed by an alcoholic driver who was supposedly dry (he was hiding his drinking even from his wife). I do have sympathy for his disease but he did NOT have to get behind that wheel!
Posted by: a friend on Nov 21, 2008 at 09:52 PM
Joe, how naive you are. The only person to blame is the driver himself and yes there should be consequences for his actions, but to say that his friends and family aren't doing enough just proves how out of the loop you are and how judgmental you are being. Yes, I agree that he was completely in the wrong but since you don't know the situation, how do you know what his family and friends have done and are continuing to do. You have every right to think that what he has done is wrong, because it was. I absolutely agree with you, but don't tear down the people who have been their to support him in every way that they possibly can and know how to and agree that what he has done is wrong, but still love him. It is only a person with unconditional love that can love the person, but hate their actions. God bless his friends and family and I pray that he is be able to find the strength he needs in order to get healthy, so he doesn't put others and himself in harms way again.
Posted by: Joe on Nov 20, 2008 at 10:35 AM
SZ. Well maybe the people that love him should do something useful like take away his car, force him into a program. There is no reason he cant just drink at home. When he gets behind the wheel, his problem becomes other peoples problems putting innocent people at risk. That is unacceptable. It is at this point when he becomes a menace to society and no longer has rights. He is as much a danger to others as someone with a gun and an intention. Now lets see you try to justify him driving drunk, and then imagine how you would feel if he killed someone you loved because he was driving drunk. And since his family and friends are aware of his problem and are not doing enough to control him, maybe they should be held accountable as well. Had he killed someone, especially a child there would be a lynch mob after him, and I would be leading it. With a little luck he will buy the farm, and not endanger anyone ever again.
Posted by: SZ on Nov 19, 2008 at 09:58 PM
Apparently you people don't understand what alcoholism does to a person. They don't want to cause distress. This disease imprisions the person and has their mind thinking there is no way out. These alcoholism suffers are trying to cope with this disease that takes over their mental strentghs. Yes, he needs to take responsibility for his mistake, but you should not be judging this man when you have never felt the power alcoholism has over you. You can't just stop drinking when you have this disease. It takes away your mental stabilty, and gives you that addiction that is hard to fight. So if you have never been in this man's shoes, you have no right to judge. This man does have family and friends that love him and are trying to help him overcome his illness.
Posted by: Ann on Nov 19, 2008 at 09:24 PM
The bottom line is - this is a grown man who made a poor choice. Should he live to tell about it, he need serious consequences and rehabilitation. It is likely that this is not the first time he has had an experience like this and we should all be thankful that no one else was hurt.
Posted by: Joe on Nov 19, 2008 at 04:32 PM
Lynne, You are already making excuses for him. Some of us don't care about this mans family, and friends. This idiot put other families at risk because he is stupid. There is no excuse for driving drunk. If you drive, don't drink. It is THAT simple. And my money says that if he lives, he will probably make the same mistake again. And since I have never driven with alcohol in my body, I will judge him all I wish.
Posted by: Lynne on Nov 19, 2008 at 03:51 PM
Alcohol impairs decision making. Just remember this man has a family and friends that love him. Judge not lest ye be judged. He may call a cab, if he lives.
Posted by: James on Nov 19, 2008 at 02:55 PM
Time of day has nothing to do with drunk drivers. They're on the road at all times. Think 3rd shift people get off at 6am, and head to the bar! Perhaps this lesson will teach him next time to call a friend, or a cab.
Posted by: justin on Nov 19, 2008 at 01:23 PM
I was driving home from Village Pointe, the guy went right by me. After the crash, his car was ON-FIRE! lots of onlookers went out to help...traffic backed up pretty bad befor the rescue squad got there. I heard from on officer he had hit a couple of other vehicles and kept going....before he lost control.
Posted by: Concerned Dad on Nov 19, 2008 at 10:17 AM
The time of day this drunk was out driving around is scary. 7:20 pm WOW, another reason why I worry about my 16 year driver. I live right in that area. This is no ones fault but the drunk's.
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