Former Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz was arrested in Florida and charged with DUI manslaughter.
While I would hate to rush to judgment and prematurely convict someone of a heinous crime I want to point out the following pieces of evidence we do have.
Leyritz crashed his car a 2006 Ford Expedition into a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero.
The woman driving the Montero died. She was ejected from the car (a possible indication that she was not wearing a seat belt at the time).
The crash occurred at about 3 am on Friday morning.
Witnesses say Leyritz ran a red light.
Police say Leyritz had red, watery eyes, a flushed face and an odor of alcohol.
Leyritz was asked to sumbit to a blood test and refused.
The blood was later taken anyway.
Fredia Veitch was on her way home from her job at a steakhouse. She was the mother of 2 kids. And now she is dead.
This is why driving drunk is one of the most irresponsible and reprehensible crimes a person can commit.
If you wish to engage in reckless behavior at your own expense, that's your choice.
But too often in these cases the innocent person gets killed and the drunk driver survives.
Let's hope future evidence proves Leyritz innocent of DUI.
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