A night of terror
The Baltimore Sun's Tricia Bishop's story today offers a terrifying timeline of a suspected drunk driver who might be responsible for the hit-and-run death of Johns Hopkins University student Miriam Frankl on St. Paul Street.
The suspect, Thomas L. Meighan Jr., has not been charged directly in her death but prosecutors say their investigation continues. For now, he's charged with a series of motor vehicle violations pieced together from what police describe was a wild night in which his pickup truck sped through red lights, went the wrong way down streets and veered across roadways. The photo at left, from WJZ-TV, shows a truck believed to be the one involved in the fatal accident
We also learned that the suspect has 21 convictions for motor vehicle violations, including six for driving while intoxicated and two for drivng under the influence. At the time of the deadly crash on Oct. 16, taking the life of the promising 20-year-old junior and molecular and cell biology major from the Chicago area, he was free on bail on another hit-and-run and DWI charge.
We're still piecing together his long and complicated record to determine how he mananged to stay free and behind the wheel despite a record that should've barred him from the road.
Comments
I hope that this man goes to jail for a long, long time, the sooner the better so that he doesn't terrorize and/or kill more people.
Posted by: Mary | October 27, 2009 8:53 AM
Please keep on this story, as I fear that the manslaughter charge may never materialize. Meighan's claim that he lent his truck to a "friend" that day is completely bogus, but it's important to pressure the law enforcement officials to either not believe him and charge him or play along and release the name of his "friend".
This low-life has an apparent disregard for the lives of others and has slipped through the cracks of Maryland's porous justice system far too often.
Also, could the Sun track his whereabouts during his day of terror? Was he supposedly working that day? If so, where? When? Track down his employer (if he truly had one) and pressure them to give their account of his whereabouts during this time. He certainly was driving around town quite a bit. Where was he going?
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