A year later, driver charged in traffic death

The accident occurred almost a year ago, but that did not stop police from slapping a driver with some serious charges. Today thirty-one year old David Vasquez appeared in Magistrates’ Court where he was arraigned for Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct, Driving Without Due Care and Attention, Negligent Harm, Driving an Unlicensed Motor Vehicle, and Driving a Motor Vehicle Not Covered by Third Party Insurance. On February eighth, 2007, Vasquez was driving his car towards Ladyville when between miles eight and nine on the Northern Highway he collided into a Mazda pickup driven by thirty-two year old Gayland Gillett. While Gillett and Vasquez recovered from their injuries, seventy-three year old Oswald Young, Vasquez’s father-in-law and passenger, died on the spot. Vasquez was offered and met bail of five thousand dollars. He is to reappear in court on February eighth.