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Oh Wow.  

Reads as though the victim either died on impact or was stuck in the fire...yikes  

Obviously Ruggs was drinking and I suppose speeding and rear-ended the Rav4 - supposition on my part. 
His life has changed forever but he is alive.

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wow.  prayers for that family.  

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 Not good.

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I feel terrible for the victim. Absolutely no excuse for that.

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Wow, terrible loss of life.

What a damn shame. 

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The accident, which involved a Chevy Corvette that Ruggs III was driving and a Toyota Rav4, occurred at 3:39 a.m. Tuesday morning in Las Vegas. 
Police said Ruggs was driving at a "high rate of the speed" on a three-lane road, driving in the center lane. Ruggs merged into the right-most lane, and hit the back of the other vehicle, and it caught on fire. 

The driver was trapped, and firefighters were unable to rescue her. 
Ruggs did remain on the scene but showed signs of impairment, per the police. Results from the toxicology report have not been released as of 8:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 2. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at at local hospital. 
If convicted, the first charge ranges in a two to 20-year sentence while the latter sentence carries a one to six-year range, per Reed. 

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So, DUI resulting in bodily harm has a wide range of 2 - 20 years in Vegas.   You are driving a sports car at a high rate of speed, while drunk, passing in the wrong lane and you kill someone...and it possible you can get only 2 years?  I have a problem with that.  I also have a problem with how our justice is enforced and how our punishment varies widely from State-to-State.  So many issues in this world that a 23 year old women and her family will probably never receive justice - prediction on my part - Ruggs will be out in less then 10 years total and that is a travesty for killing someone.  

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I definitely agree @minny65 with the sentencing issues. A possible 2 year sentence for taking a life is absolutely sickening. Of course money is a factor, if you can get quality legal representation you can get a lower sentence. It's sad that a life was taken. 

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More facts are coming out regarding the Tuesday collision involving former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs. And those details are very troubling.
According to Katelyn Newberg of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, prosecutor Eric Bauman said that Ruggs was traveling 156 miles per hour two seconds before the crash — and that his Corvette was going 127 mph when the airbags deployed.
Also, Ruggs’s BAC was more than twice the legal limit, and a loaded gun was found in the car. The legal limit in every state is 0.08 percent blood-alcohol concentration.
Bauman also said that, in addition to the driver of the other car, a dog was killed in the crash.

Ruggs faces two to 20 years for felony DUI resulting in death.
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He was up to 156 MPH and over twice the legal limit as SouthCarolina said. Insane. He's in deep shit. 

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@"StickyBun" said: He was up to 156 MPH and over twice the legal limit as SouthCarolina said. Insane. He's in deep shit. 
Insane indeed.  
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The presser with Derek Carr was good. He answered questions about Henry Ruggs. He handled himself and the situation well. 

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Ruggs' career needs to be over.  The Raiders should be ashamed that haven't already cut him. Then they have to file to take back a prorated part of Ruggs' signing bonus.  Then the NFL needs to ban him for life no matter what his sentence is. 

156 and a .161 BA.  SMDH.

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@"RS Express" said: Ruggs' career needs to be over.  The Raiders should be ashamed that haven't already cut him. Then they have to file to take back a prorated part of Ruggs' signing bonus.  Then the NFL needs to ban him for life no matter what his sentence is. 

156 and a .161 BA.  SMDH.


he was released

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@"kmillard" said:
@"RS Express" said: Ruggs' career needs to be over.  The Raiders should be ashamed that haven't already cut him. Then they have to file to take back a prorated part of Ruggs' signing bonus.  Then the NFL needs to ban him for life no matter what his sentence is. 

156 and a .161 BA.  SMDH.


he was released

There is NO justification NONE for being drunk and driving 156 mph in a residential area.  I hope he gets the full 20 years...

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@"ArizonaViking" said:
@"kmillard" said:
@"RS Express" said: Ruggs' career needs to be over.  The Raiders should be ashamed that haven't already cut him. Then they have to file to take back a prorated part of Ruggs' signing bonus.  Then the NFL needs to ban him for life no matter what his sentence is. 

156 and a .161 BA.  SMDH.


he was released

There is NO justification NONE for being drunk and driving 156 mph in a residential area.  I hope he gets the full 20 years...



Should be more then 20 years IMO. I think one charge is 2-20yrs and the other up to 6 years.  There may be more charges with the loaded gun??  Other then going out at 3:40am and shooting a 22 year old women and her dog what worse could he have done?  Driving a car 156mph, wrong lane, residential area, loaded gun, loaded body....I mean the only thing missing is some Coke/drugs.  This should be 30 years minimum mandatory sentence.  That would have him out of jail at 53years old and maybe a little more mature??  

With the additional charges/info I now up my prediction that he will be out within about 12 years whatever he gets convicted of.  To me, that will not be justice to this young women or her family.

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@"ArizonaViking" said:
@"kmillard" said:
@"RS Express" said: Ruggs' career needs to be over.  The Raiders should be ashamed that haven't already cut him. Then they have to file to take back a prorated part of Ruggs' signing bonus.  Then the NFL needs to ban him for life no matter what his sentence is. 

156 and a .161 BA.  SMDH.


he was released

There is NO justification NONE for being drunk and driving 156 mph in a residential area.  I hope he gets the full 20 years...



I agree, just  noting that the Raiders dumped him right away

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There is video out there (since edited) where witnesses caught the sounds of the victim screaming as her car was engulfed in flames. Someone tried to help her get out but she was pinned in from the impact. This, while the whole time other people filmed it with their camera phones and Ruggs sat on the curb watching and bawling. 

It doesn’t get much more disturbing than that.

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@"prairieghost" said: There is video out there (since edited) where witnesses caught the sounds of the victim screaming as her car was engulfed in flames. Someone tried to help her get out but she was pinned in from the impact. This, while the whole time other people filmed it with their camera phones and Ruggs sat on the curb watching and bawling. 

It doesn’t get much more disturbing than that.


Camera phones are going to be the symbol of the downfall of our civilization. 

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