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Massachusetts teen driver gets 2 1/2 year jail sentence for motor vehicle homicide and negligent operation of a vehicle while texting. The high school teen had sent a total of 193 text messages that day with some minutes before the crash and dozens afterwards. He faced a maximum of 4 years behind bars and was ordered to surrender his driver’s license for 15 years.
Landmark Decision
June 6, 2012
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Helen Kulesh was walking across the street when she was hit and killed by a driver talking on her cell phone. Phone records indicate the driver had been on her cell phone for 21 seconds at the time of the crash. The driver that killed Helen Kulesh spent a day and a half in jail for motor vehicle violations. Under the Kulesh, Kubert and Bolis law she could have been charged with vehicular homicide.
1916 - 2006
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David and Linda Kubert each lost a leg when a teen driver drove his pickup truck into their Harley-Davidson Motorcycle. They were about 1 mile from their New Jersey home the driver crossed the center line and hit them head on. David Kubert said he saw it coming. “What I saw was a gentleman in the truck with his head down steering with his elbows. I knew he was texting.”
In a Landmark Case, Kubert's sued both the driver and his girlfriend for civil damages, claiming she knew he was driving and contributed to the distraction that caused the crash. Phone records indicate they exchanged 62 texts that day.
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Toni Bolis and her unborn son were killed only two days before she was to give birth. The driver, a 21 year old, admitted to looking down at his GPS before crashing. In a plea deal, the driver was fined $257.00, lost his driving license for 1 year and has a 15 day suspended prison sentence if he speaks at 3 anti-distracted driving presentations with Toni’s sister, Angela Donato.
1983 - 2011
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