CHP Officer's Wife Waited Until After Kids Opened Christmas Presents To Tell Them Dad Died

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We really have to stop being pussies and being sympathetic to these epic frick ups of life. We all have choices and you should be held to full accountability for the actions you take.

Cue the idiots saying it's not the drunk drivers fault. They of course can handle driving drunk without problems.

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frick drunk drivers.

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dude chill.. its cool to drink and drive on the OT. Lets get more threads to warn other drunk drivers about dui checkpoints.

Well, I would bet 95% of this board has driven when they shouldn't. That said, with the ride apps now, drunk driving should truly be a thing of the past.

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oleyeller

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Have an upvote because a couple of people are a)idiots or b)don't get sarcasm.

He's talking about the present and I agree with your present sentiment. There is no earthly reason to get behind the wheel in this day and age if you're impaired.

Of course, half of this board seems to think that the legal limit should be raised so those idiots will probably still drive because they deem themselves to be sober at .08.

I'll be waiting to read the comments from the pro-drinking and driving crowd, especially the PSA folks that warn of DUI checkpoints. Here's another story from The Advocate yesterday.

Officials say drunken driver kills mother, infant

BY CAROLINE GRUESKIN

cgrueskin@theadvocate.com

Ryan McCollum Sr. had proposed to his longtime girlfriend and mother of his infant son just hours before a driver - allegedly drunk - slammed into their car in Tickfaw on Christmas Eve, killing his 19-yearold fiancée and their 7-month-old son.

McCollum said he, fiancée Shelly Mulkey and their son, Ryan McCollum Jr., were on their way home from a Christmas party at his relatives' house in Loranger when their car was rearended by a vehicle that Louisiana State Police say was operated by a drunken driver fleeing an earlier crash.

The impact caused the gas tank of the young family's 2005 Dodge Stratus to rupture and ignite both vehicles, State Police said.

The alleged drunken driver, 36-year-old Jillian Pamela Ramsey, of Loranger, was booked in Tangipahoa Parish Jail on two counts of vehicular homicide, as well as hit-andrun and careless operation.

McCollum said he and Mulkey had been dating for about four years. He decided as a Christmas Eve present to her that he would propose.

''I got a ring out and asked her to marry me. I got on one knee,'' McCollum recalled.

She said yes.

The couple also had learned over the weekend that Mulkey was pregnant with their second child, he said.

According to State Police, Ramsey was driving north on La. 1065 at 8:44 p.m. when she crashed into a vehicle and fled the scene. Police said she continued driving north, striking McCollum's vehicle by the intersection with La. 1064.

Witnesses pulled the mother and father from the car, and performed CPR on the mother, State Police said. The baby remained inside the fiery car.

The Tangipahoa Parish coroner pronounced Mulkey and the 7-month-old dead on scene. McCollum, 24, was taken to a local hospital and treated for what he said were burns to his face and ears, as well as injuries to his leg.

Ramsay suffered only minor injuries, according to State Police. Troopers determined she was impaired at the time of the crash.

Mulkey is originally from Tickfaw and went to Independence High School.

She had worked at Hoppin Harley's Interstate Travel Center, but was most recently at home caring for her son, Mc-Collum said.

Her father, Billy Mulkey, said she was outgoing, bright and generous to her family. As a child, she enjoyed raising rabbits, guinea pigs and goats.

Mulkey said he last saw his daughter Sunday and had given her a Daisy BB gun as a gag gift.

He described the infant as ''the best baby you ever seen in the world.''

''I don't care if he had a fever of 101. If you look at him and smile, he's going to start smiling and laughing and jumping around,'' Mulkey said.

A week ago, McCollum came to him for permission to marry his daughter, Billy Mulkey said. He gave it.

''Whatever makes my babies happy,'' he said.

''She was an awesome mama and an awesome friend,'' Mc-Collum said. ''I just want to hold them both in my arms again so bad.''

McCollum said they had just made a stop for cigarettes and were driving home when the crash occurred.

Reflecting on Ramsay, the alleged drunken driver, Billy Mulkey said she should be prosecuted to the fullest.

''That's three lives she took from me,'' he said.

Nevertheless, Mulkey also said he feels sorry for Ramsay.

''That woman is going to have to live with that the rest of her life.''

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frick drunk drivers. That piece of shite needs to rot behind bars the rest of his life.

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Naw baw, they don't really care about doing anything. That is a fact! If they cared about ending drunk driving or taking a real stand, you get 1 strike and you are out. PERIOD!

Knew a guy that killed someone by drunk driving and he got out maybe 10 years later, if even that long. Buddy took a DUI class for wreck less driving and said someone in there had a bunch of DUIs (like 5+) but still gets a license.

The goberment probably makes more money off people getting busted for DUI's and other related incidents than they lose on DUI related deaths. The current system to deter DUI drivers is a joke.

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this will be their Christmas memory forever, sad

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Yes it will. They will never truly enjoy the holiday season like they once did.

I lost my dad in Mid January (it will be 19 years this January) when I was 19.. Although it wasn't on the day of Christmas or New Years, it was close enough.. And ever since then it has never been the same.. At least I knew it was a matter of time for my dad, these kids were probably expecting to be with their dad on Christmas.