VICTIM'S MOM SUES DRIVER IN FIERY CRASH.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer PALMDALE - The driver who was high on drugs when he lost control of a stolen sport utility vehicle and caused a fiery head-on crash that killed four people has been sued by the mother of one of the victims. Dollores Dallmeyer of Lancaster, the mother of Therese Frisch, has filed suit against Shawn Beavers, who was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison for his role in the crash. Dallmeyer's suit also names as defendants the owners of the Jeep Cherokee Jeep Cherokee can refer to five different SUV models produced by Jeep from 1974 to the present:
``Mrs. Dallmeyer is upset and grieving over the death of her child, which is the reason for the lawsuit,'' said Dallmeyer's attorney, Lee Miller. Beavers, 28, was sentenced after pleading no contest to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. while intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. and one count of causing great bodily injury while driving under the influence of methamphetamine. He was high on methamphetamine and driving 91 to 103 mph last July in the stolen Cherokee that crashed head-on into a Lexus SUV driven by Dr. John Fisher
Saint John Fisher also John Cardinal Fisher (c. 1469 – 1535), was an English Catholic bishop, cardinal and martyr. , owner of High Desert Hemodialysis, officials said. Three people in the Lexus were killed: medical office technicians Mark Rittenberg, 52, and his wife, Mary, 41, of Palmdale, and Georgina Schmidt, 43, of Lancaster. Frisch, a 38-year-old resident of Lancaster, was a passenger in Beavers' vehicle. Beavers lived near Frisch's brother, and she was getting a ride from him, authorities said. Also named as defendants are a father and daughter, Ralph Rideout and Michelle Mansell, the lawsuit said. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. traffic investigator Mike Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. said Rideout bought the vehicle for his daughter, but took it back after she did not make payments. Rideout, the registered owner Registered Owner An individual or organization to whom certificates are directly issued and who, as a result, is recorded on the corporation's securityholder records (as maintained by the transfer agent). of the Jeep, reported the vehicle stolen before the crash, Redding said. Mansell told authorities that she lent the Jeep to Beavers to drive that day, and that the vehicle had not been stolen. |
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