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US drunk driver says cyclist he killed was friend he was due to give a lift

Jeffrey R Moran initially claimed he had spotted bike on road and found rider in ditch

A motorist in Maine, US, has been charged with drunk driving following a collision with a cyclist – the victim being a friend of the driver, who said he was on his way to pick him up.

Waldoboro Police Department alleges that Jeffrey R Moran, aged 27, was over the limit when the GMC Yukon SUV he was driving struck and killed 31-year-old Jessie Hayden, reports the Sun Journal.

In an affidavit, Moran had claimed he was on his way to pick up the victim when the collision occurred.

Initially he had told police that he had come across a bike on the road and discovered its rider lying in a nearby ditch.

The incident took place last Saturday evening in Waldoboro, Maine, with the victim pronounced dead at the scene.

Police chief Bill Labombarde said it happened near Hayden’s home, which was “a short ways up the street from where the accident was.”

He added that the cyclist and Moran were travelling in opposite directions and that the motorist had not crossed the centre line of the road prior to the victim being struck by the vehicle’s near side bumper.

According to police officer Thomas Bartunek, there was also a 13-year-old male passenger in the vehicle at the time of the fatal collision.

The officer said: “While [Moran] was talking with me, I observed his eyes were bloodshot and glassy,” adding that the driver, who had a number of unopened cans of beer in his vehicle, disclosed he had had one drink that evening.

A breath test revealed that Moran’s blood alcohol content stood at 0.09 per cent, a little over the legal limit in Maine of 0.08 per cent. 

Moran is reported to have been charged with a Class B felony of operating a vehicle under the influence, and has been released on $10,000 cash bail.

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Bez | 10 years ago
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Confused.

From Lombarde's statement it seems that the road had a centreline, and the cyclist - travelling in the opposite direction to the driver - was struck not only on the driver's side of the road but by the car's nearside bumper. Which means the cyclist must have crossed virtually the entire carriageway prior to being hit (or must have been riding on the wrong side of the road).

Seems a little unlikely, no?

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mrmo replied to Bez | 10 years ago
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Bez wrote:

Confused.

From Lombarde's statement it seems that the road had a centreline, and the cyclist - travelling in the opposite direction to the driver - was struck not only on the driver's side of the road but by the car's nearside bumper. Which means the cyclist must have crossed virtually the entire carriageway prior to being hit (or must have been riding on the wrong side of the road).

Seems a little unlikely, no?

Or he was standing by the side of the road waiting for his mate to pick him up?

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Pub bike | 10 years ago
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But the charge doesn’t seem to relate to killing the cyclist: Just that he was “drunk in charge”  2

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ironmancole | 10 years ago
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Class B Felony sounds bad arse doesn't it...kind of a big deal.

We have 'careless'...kind of fluffy, whimsical, playful and bashful in a way that makes you go 'Aww, how cute'.

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