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Cape resident indicted on charges she dragged woman from Chinatown to Dorchester with her SUV

A Suffolk County grand jury yesterday indicted Xiao Ying Zhou, 45, of Sandwich on charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of a collision causing personal injury for a Feb. 1 incident in which she allegedly hit and then dragged a pedestrian from Kneeland Street in Chinatown to Columbia Road in Uphams Corner with her SUV, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

The victim sustained serious injuries from being hit and dragged that far; a second pedestrian was also hit, but not dragged.

Innocent, etc.

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The pain and suffering she caused is unimaginable. I'm glad she is being charged but she will be behind the wheel again eventually because they basically never terminate anyone's license.

Now what about the guy who drove into the pizza place in Newton and killed two people? He hasn't been charged with anything. They just gonna let that slide because "whoopsies, I mistook the gas for the brake"?

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I don't know the details about each of these cases, but every accident/crash can't be punishable by life in prison, and every mistake isn't "criminal".

If a driver hits something/someone, and wasn't being overtly negligent (drunk/high, texting, speeding, rediculously tired, etc) then there are certainly civil penalties in play for the damage caused, but I don't think it's necceserily criminal.

And while a *pattern* of poor driving may require taking someone's license, one at-fault accident/crash isn't a pattern.

Or to put it another way, I suspect you may have family or friends who have caused accidents/crashes, maybe during their teens or twenties. Do you think they should never drive again? Go to jail?

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Running over and dragging another human being for miles is a pretty good indicator that this "lady" should never be allowed to drive a motor vehicle again.
This was no accident, btw. #crashnotaccident

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Yes. It's often been said driving is a privilege not a right but the people we expect to keep us safe seem to enjoy playing the devil's advocate for true problem drivers and throwing the book at others, such as tax deadbeats and ex-cons, who pose no discernibly more grave a threat to safety. One of many examples of a state burdened with a tired puritanical ethos making an oblique attack that fails to kill a bird with 2 stones. Another comment I've heard is that gun owners should be licensed and regulated the same as drivers -- a fallacy based on the widely held myth that drivers licenses are hard to get or keep. It should be the other way around. Maybe we should make drivers attend car training, get certified, provide finger prints and at least 3 references from citizens of good repute, apply to their local police chief with a bona fide reason they need to be driving, then wait up to a month before an arbitrary decision is made to award a license or not. It's time to put our money where our mouth is and start yanking licenses for the right reasons. I would argue that killing somebody is a good one.

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Or we could simply stick to discussing the matter at hand. Whether or not a "tax deadbeat" deserves whatever book you seen thrown at them has zilch to do with whether or not this "lady" should ever be allowed to operate a motor vehicle again.

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Mishandle a deadly gun lose license for life face criminal charges.

Mishandle a deadly motor vehicle lose license for 5 minutes get off with a fine.

Cars operated by morons kill more people each year in the commonwealth because negligent and drunk drivers never lose their licenses for life.

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A). I was commenting Kinopo's assumption that the driver who hit the pizza place will just see the matter slide. I don't know the facts yet, and I doubt you do, either.

B). Kisumex may be right. But I hope you're never on a jury, and don't work anywhere in government. Responsible people wait for the facts and don't convict based only on newspaper reports.

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I didn't say so explicitly, but yes, of course you're right here. The disclaimer should have been: if it is shown that the facts we have today represent the way the events transpired that night, this "lady" should never be allowed in control of a motor vehicle again.

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     IMAGE(http://www.bumc.bu.edu/kottonlab/files/2009/09/Anita2.jpg)
Anita Kurmann, M.D. - Research Fellow, Kotton Lab

Perhaps the District Attorney has forgotten about her, but I haven't.

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And the identity of the truck driver and trucking company is under top secret lock and key compared to every other incident reported by the media.

Why hasn't the driver or company involved been identified when in every other incident they have been?

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why don't you call the DA and ask what was the outcome of the case and report back? And I do not think we can call it a "hit and run" where the driver of the truck knew he hit her and kept going. That has yet to be indicated.

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It's possible the driver didn't realize what happened, but at this point that's nothing but speculation.

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