Father to Stand Trial for Daughter's Fatal Driving Lesson

[CTLawGuy]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LegalCenter/story?id=1038571&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

Aug. 15, 2005 — A Pennsylvania man is facing manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges after his 15-year-old daughter struck and killed a woman carrying a baby during a driving lesson.

Miller, 46, was giving his daughter — who did not have a learner's permit — a driving lesson last April in an empty high school parking lot when the car suddenly sped up. Prosecutors say the girl thought the gas pedal was the brake. The car raced across the lot through the fence and across the street, where Sarah McGinley was playing in a yard with her 1-year-old daughter, Victoria. Miller said he tried to push the brake pedal but the car continued to surge and struck and killed McGinley.

"When she saw the car coming, she yanked her from the swing and threw her into a bush and saved her life," said Elizabeth McGinley, Sarah McGinley's mother.

Miller's daughter was charged with driving without a license resulting in death. She pleaded guilty and was placed on interim probation and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service, pending an Aug. 30 sentencing hearing.

Despite not being behind the wheel, Miller was charged with vehicular homicide and involuntary manslaughter. After being ordered to stand trial, a grief-stricken Miller apologized to the McGinley family.

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later in the article it says there was was 8 seconds between the mstaken pedal-pressing and the impact on the victim. That's more than plenty of time for both of them to correct the mistake. Something smells wrong with this guy....

[elehhhhna]

1. One can shift to Neutral or Park OR pull the parking break

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Did the father panic? Freeze? There IS more to this story...