Allegedly drunk driver hits bike; rider knocked to pavement, dies
Oct 02, 2012 | 17077 views | 1 1 comments | 53 53 recommendations | email to a friend | print
BATON ROUGE – A previously convicted drunk driver was alleged driving drunk again when he hit a woman on a bicycle late Sunday night, spilling her into the path of oncoming traffic which ran over and killed her.

State Police said Barbara Jacob, 56, who was not wearing protective or reflective gear, was riding on Gardere Lane near Nicholson Drive when hit from behind by a vehicle driven by Darby Griffin, 49, of Baton Rouge. She was then run over by an on-coming vehicle. Cause of death is still to be determined.

The second driver called police; Griffin kept going.

A Baton Rouge woman was killed late Sunday after she was knocked off her bicycle by one vehicle and hit by another on Gardere Lane near Nicholson Drive, a State Police spokesman said.

Griffin was charged with DWI, hit and run, driving under suspension and no seat belt. State Police said other charges are pending.

State Police did not indicated where Griffins was located.

Hammons also declined to say where authorities located Griffin and how they determined he was impaired at the time of the crash.

Public records show Griffin was convicted of first-offense DWI in 2002. He got a year’s probation.
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October 03, 2012
Why the constant referrals to the cyclist not being dressed in a glow in the dark clown suit? Don't cars have headlights and aren't drivers not allowed to drive faster than they can stop in the distance they can see clearly from those headlights? Or was the basic speed law repealed when I wasn't looking?



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