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dallastigers · Jul 31, 2003

I did not hear about this until I read this. I hope Travis and his family are ok.

DAVIE, Fla. (July 31, 2003) -- Miami Dolphins running back Travis Minor returned to practice, a week after his father was killed in a Louisiana traffic accident.
Leslie W. Minor, 45, was killed July 24 in his hometown of Baton Rouge, when his motorcycle collided with a van.
Minor, a third-year player, had taken a week off to attend his father's funeral.
"It's tough, but that's life," Minor said after the Dolphins' practice. "My father raised me to be a man and now's the time to step up."
Minor spoke to his father by telephone on the morning of the accident. Minor described the conversation as "just small talk."
"Me and my dad were real close. We talked every day or every other day," Minor said.
Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt welcomed Minor back.
"You think you know people around you, but when a person goes through some adversity, that's when you really find out what he's about. Travis is handling it the best he can," Wannstedt said.
Minor will travel with the team to Tennessee for its practices Friday and Saturday with the Titans.
"He wanted to get back here with his teammates," Wannstedt said. "I'm glad he's back here with us, where we can all help him through this difficult time."
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SabanFan · Aug 1, 2003

The Van driver was drunk and driving with a suspended license and has had 6 prior DWIs. THAT is incredible and inexcusable. Whay wasn't he locked up?

LSUsupaFan · Aug 2, 2003

Hope they put him under the jail.

TennesseeTiger · Aug 2, 2003

Originally posted by SabanFan
The Van driver was drunk and driving with a suspended license and has had 6 prior DWIs. THAT is incredible and inexcusable. Whay wasn't he locked up?
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Why? Probably because the jails are "overcrowded" or because the sot had a "good" lawyer.

Personally, I think a first-offense DWI/DUI should have a harder consequence. My scoutmaster's wife (this was back in the 80's) was murdered by a drunk driver who got a light sentence because the judge said "his family needed him". And her husband and three children didn't? And if his family needed him so much, why wasn't he home with them on that Friday night instead of out getting drunk?

Sorry...this subject just sets me off.

dallastigers · Aug 2, 2003

Originally posted by SabanFan
The Van driver was drunk and driving with a suspended license and has had 6 prior DWIs. THAT is incredible and inexcusable. Whay wasn't he locked up?
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DWI laws do need to be tougher. Just suspending the guys license obviously did not stop him from driving. Six times is crazy you are right he should have been sitting in jail somewhere.