Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

Peanut Gallery — Triple Fatality

This morning ... on my way to taking my grandson to day camp, went by the church on Divison ... saw two hearse ... for an instant I couldn't understand why... then it hit me.. the mother, father and 2 year old. made me sick to my stomach... even tho I know the mother of the young man who drove the truck -- Cis The Retired.

DFO: Cis is talking about that accident near Bonners Ferry on U.S. 95 on Friday, July 29, allegedly caused by a drunken driver, that killed a young couple and their 2-year-old daughter. I've been thinking about DUIvers for awhile now. Why do we freak out about violent sex pervs who occasionally do awful things but are little threat to the average person? And we generally ignore drunks on the road who have the potential to devastate families at any moment? We crack down on cigarettes. Why do we ignore drunken drivers?




Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.