Dateline NBC contacted me to do a story on Pat

Its still early but I’m very excited about this…I will keep everyone updated on the progress of this story!

Michael Smith

SafeKey Corporation uses Pats story on their Facebook page

I am very pleased to announce that several weeks ago a representative from SafeKey Corporation, a company that makes an ignition interlock device that will not allow a vehicle to start if the driver fails a simple eye cornea test with their remote size device.

Here is a link to their FaceBook page and my brothers story…

http://www.facebook.com/notes/safekey-corporation/medical-conditions-can-have-same-tragic-outcome-as-other-forms-of-impairment/253476254683343

Michael Smith

Original WFSB newscast 12/5/2007 Pats accident

I am about to upload this video to CNN with information about the 2 CT police officers who were struck by impaired diabetics, both of these drivers the State saw fit to charge yet in my brothers case nothing happened.  I fail to understand how the life of a police officer is more important than one of a civilian.

Michael Smith

Governor Rell and other officials won’t reply to my questions about how Connecticut can charge diabetics when they strike police officers but not when they strike civilians…

[justiceforpat] My umpteenth letter to Governor Rell & other Connecticut officials regarding the death of Patrick J. Smith

 

October 21, 2010

Governor Rell;

re: My brother Patrick J. Smith killed 12/5/2007 by an impaired noncompliant diabetic and why CT police officers Agosto & Ludemann who were also struck by impaired diabetics that were charged by the state and the man who killed my brother IN THE SAME MANNER has not been.

I am attaching the most recent unanswered email forwarded to your office in a voice of utter disgust and disbelief.  I have repeatedly sent emails to you and other officials requesting an explanation as to why The State of Connecticut will charge impaired diabetics who strike police officers (Trooper Agosto 1989, I have the accident report & Enfield Officer Ludemann 2002 who I have spoken with) yet will do nothing in the SAME situation when a civilian in involved.  To date Wilfred Lebeau of Mansfield Center has YET TO RECEIVE even a traffic ticket for his involvement in the death of my brother DESPITE the fact this accident was a hit and run.  In fact the ONLY thing the state did was INSIST that my brother undergo an autopsy as there was a fatality involved in this accident….thanks to that his family (including his young son) had to endure an open casket wake and funeral with a full autopsy scar across his scalp due to his military style haircut.

I have sent letters and emails to everyone I can think of in a position of power in hopes to garner some explanation as to how this can happen….I have been met by absolute silence from Kevin Kane to Commissioner Danaher to The Office of The Victim Advocate.  I simply cannot accept dead silence for a reply which started with Tolland County DA Gedansky while this whole investigation was ongoing until now when I cannot obtain a response from anyone.

It is simply unacceptable for a constituent to ask for answers to a glaringly obvious issue and hear nothing in reply.  I will continue to ask anyone and everyone for an acceptable description and I will do everything possible to bring attention to my questions.  It will be 3 years on the 5th of December that my brothers life was snuffed out by the negligent actions of one person, I will not accept “silence” for an answer.

Michael R. Smith

Recent letter to CT officials by Pat Tucker, mother of Cady Tucker killed in Montana by an impaired noncompliant diabetic

Subject: non compliant insulin dependant
To: lena.hollaran@cga.ct.gov
CC: futility2006@yahoo.com; justiceforpat@yahoogroups.com; froggy22541@yahoo.com; monopoly222@aol.com; cpowell@journalinquirer.com; dowens@courant.com; governor.rell@ct.gov; anthony.guglielmo@cga.ct.gov; conndcj@po.state.ct.us; Attorney.General@po.state.ct.us;kburris@journalinquirer.com; oreilly@foxnews.com; rnw@cox.net; bangdabase@gmail.com; usdadps@yahoo.com; erin@brockovich.com; stu@glennbeck.com; Almmj@aol.com; letters@thechronicle.com; newsdesk3@wfsb.com; editor@educationforthedrivingmasses.com; cadytucker@hotmail.com; stevengerickson@yahoo.com; franguyb@comcast.net; mathewgagnon@cox.net; Rosemary.L.Gagnon@saint-gobain.com; info@nader.org; joe.courtney@congressnewsletter.net; zacharyjanowski@gmail.com; kala.kachmar@gmail.com; kfrennie@mac.com; Marian.Krivda@ct.gov; lhowie1967@yahoo.com; private@ctinvestigativeservices.com; nlg8407@yahoo.com; draco728@aol.com; christenne32@yahoo.com; wendytamburini65@yahoo.com

On Oct 4, 2010, at 8:43 PM, Pat Tucker <cadytucker@hotmail.com> wrote:

My beautiful and only child, Cathryn Claire Rose Tucker, was killed at only 11 years of age on August 15,2002, by Janie McNair, an extremely noncompliant insulin-dependant diabetic driver with the genetic absence of her left hand.  She was allowed by her Montana driver’s license restriction to drive only if the vehicle was equipped with a steering knob, which it was not.  She was driving for only 20 minutes when she crossed the center line of a mountainous two-land highway by 10, caused a massive three-car pileup, killed my daughter, nearly killed my 10-year-old nephew, and seriously injured six others.  This 48-year-old woman had been noncompliant for 13 years prior to killing Cady and caused a two-car crash 2 1/2 years earlier in which an elderly gentleman later died of complications.  As with the person who caused Patrick’s death, Ms. McNair was never EVEN TICKETED.  I thought nothing could be worse but the GRIEVOUS INSULT OF COMPLETE LACK OF JUSTICE FOR CADY has been our grief even worse.  Please prosecute these drivers who kill every time.  It is your bounden duty to society and to our beloved family SENSELESSLY ROBBED OF THEIR LIVES.

Lisa Bernstein, mother of daughter killed by diabetic Pacific Gas Electric truck driver speaks out about Patrick Smith

From: Almmj@aol.com
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:33:35 -0400
Subject: non compliant insulin dependant
To: lena.hollaran@cga.ct.gov
CC: futility2006@yahoo.com; justiceforpat@yahoogroups.com; froggy22541@yahoo.com; monopoly222@aol.com; cpowell@journalinquirer.com; dowens@courant.com; governor.rell@ct.gov; anthony.guglielmo@cga.ct.gov; conndcj@po.state.ct.us; Attorney.General@po.state.ct.us;kburris@journalinquirer.com; oreilly@foxnews.com; rnw@cox.net; bangdabase@gmail.com; usdadps@yahoo.com; erin@brockovich.com; stu@glennbeck.com; Almmj@aol.com; letters@thechronicle.com; newsdesk3@wfsb.com; editor@educationforthedrivingmasses.com; cadytucker@hotmail.com; stevengerickson@yahoo.com; franguyb@comcast.net; mathewgagnon@cox.net; Rosemary.L.Gagnon@saint-gobain.com; info@nader.org; joe.courtney@congressnewsletter.net; zacharyjanowski@gmail.com; kala.kachmar@gmail.com; kfrennie@mac.com; Marian.Krivda@ct.gov; lhowie1967@yahoo.com; private@ctinvestigativeservices.com; nlg8407@yahoo.com; draco728@aol.com; christenne32@yahoo.com; wendytamburini65@yahoo.com

Hello Ms. Holleran,

My name is Lisa Bernstein.  My daughter was killed on july 10, 2006 by non compliant, insulin dependant driver who double dosed his insulin in the drug store parking lot, did not test his blood, jumped on the freeway in his pge 2.5 tone truck and drove for 20 miles before bouncing hard enough to send his truck airborne, down a freeway exit ramp and into my daughter’s vehicle parked at a red light.  He told the ambulance attendant that he thought he could make it to the 7/11 on the corner where he hit my daughter’s gas tank at about 80 mph.  2 people were killed, 9 went to the hospital.  He was indicted by the grand jury but the indictment was thrown out and then the D.A. gave him the choice to plead guilty to manslaughter or they would try him for the felonies he was guilty of.  Diabetes is a self managed disease and the people who have diabetes, often do not take it seriously but look at it more like an inconvenience and something that they can work around.  Self injection of insulin is dangerous.  Blood sugars can drop rapidly making you unconscience quickly.  Insulin made by the pancreas is a hormone but when it is taken by injection it is a drug.  People who have insulin dependant diabetes should be held accountable for their recklessness on our roads.  They are supposed to test their blood before they drive but dont. Once D.A.s start prosecuting like what happened here in san jose, diabetics will think twice before driving but even that is not enough.  Legislation needs to be put in place.  Just like the seat belt laws and helmet laws for motorcycles.  Here is a link to the articles about my daughter: “lisa bernstein” “mary bernstein” – Google Search

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&expIds=17259,17315,18168,23628,23670,25834,26328,26745,26762,26781,26849,26885,26890&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=%22lisa+bernstein%22+%22mary+bernstein%22&cp=33&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=%22lisa+bernstein%22+%22mary+bernstein%22&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=d0ac9ec56b61efa1

State of Connecticut charges 2 other impaired diabetics WHO STRUCK POLICE OFFICERS

I have been inquiring recently why the State of Ct. has in the past charged 2 impaired diabetic drivers in cases where police officers were struck.  So far only Senator Guglielmo has taken an interest in my questions by asking for a Legislative investigation as to why the man that struck and killed Patrick has not been charged, the state will not even give Wilfred Lebeau a traffic ticket.

So tell me, do you see preferential treatment here???

Officer Agosto killed in Greenwich, CT 11/1989 by an impaired diabetic.  The driver was arrested on the spot.

Officer Ludemann was struck in Enfield, CT 2002 by an impaired diabetic.  The driver was charged.

 

12/5/2007 Patrick J. Smith was struck and killed by Wilfred Lebeau.  Mr. Lebeau went to the hospital and later on in the day went home.  He admitted to hospital personnel he self medicated, didn’t check his glucose levels, didn’t have a glucose meter in the truck, didn’t take a full meal with his insulin AND administered an amount of insulin “based on how he felt”…

Mr. Lebeau also left he scene of the crash only to cause a second accident 1/4 mile up the road.

Somehow Governor Rell, States Attorney Kane, District Attorney Gedansky and everyone else involved cannot see an obvious conflict here and I am going to keep asking louder and louder until somebody can give me an intelligent reply.

I have sent complaints to the OFFICE OF THE VICTIMS ADVOCATE in Hartford, the Governor, every newspaper and TV station I can think of and yet there has been no interest in my brothers plight or my families anger.

Michael Smith

Pat Tucker, mother of Cady Tucker & her attempts to get laws passed that acknowledge impaired drivers histories

Pat Tucker is suggesting we band togther and form a march of sorts to get some attention in Washington.  Since each state has its own agenda I am thinking it would be smart to approach this on a Federal level.  She helped write a wrot pf cemtauri and submit it to The Supreme Court, however it was denied. 

Pat recently got a law passed in Montana, here is an article regarding it:

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_0bbba34b-cf81-5c39-b7d3-26fe675d05b7.html

Email me if you would like a copy, in the meantime here is her daughter Cadys website:

www.peopleagainstimpaireddrivers.org

Madison police officers car hit by hypoglycemic diabetic

http://www.bnd.com/2010/07/12/1326451/madison-county-police-cruiser.html?story_link=email_msg

Hit and run hypoglycemic diabetic “didnt eat all day…”

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/06/family-man-charged-in-hit-run-death-fled-out-of-fear.html