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posted by martyb on Wednesday January 17 2018, @06:18PM   Printer-friendly
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Naval Commanders In 2 Deadly Ship Collisions To Be Charged With Negligent Homicide

The U.S. Navy announced Tuesday that the commanding officers of two vessels involved in separate collisions in the Pacific Ocean last year will face court-martial proceedings and possible criminal charges including negligent homicide.

The statement by Navy spokesman Capt. Greg Hicks says the decision to prosecute the commanders, and several lower-ranking officers as well, was made by Adm. Frank Caldwell.

[...] In the case of the USS Fitzgerald, the commander, two lieutenants and one lieutenant junior grade face possible charges of dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide.

The commander of the USS John S. McCain will face possible charges of dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel and negligent homicide. A chief petty officer also faces one possible charge of dereliction of duty.

Previously: U.S. Navy Destroyer Collides With Container Vessel
10 Sailors Still Missing After U.S. Destroyer Collision With Oil Tanker
Chief of Naval Operations Report on This Summer's Destroyer Collisions


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by captain normal on Thursday January 18 2018, @05:22AM (2 children)

    by captain normal (2205) on Thursday January 18 2018, @05:22AM (#624023)

    If you read the link that was caused by a lorry towing a trailer that ran off the road. Really not the fault of the crew of either train.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday January 18 2018, @05:54AM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday January 18 2018, @05:54AM (#624031)

    Read my post again, and read again the link, but correctly this time (it ain't a lorry).
    How many things had to line up exactly right, causing all those deaths?

    • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:01PM

      by Nuke (3162) on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:01PM (#624330)

      How many things had to line up exactly right, causing all those deaths?

      The Land Rover driver, Hart, was an accident waiting to happen. The way you put it though makes him sound like an innocent victim of chance. That's BS.

      I remember the reports of the accident. Hart had described himself as someone who "lived life at 1000 mph". He was known to drive like a maniac. It was determined when he left home (at the earliest) from his internet activity (he was having an on-line chat with a woman), and obviously the time of the crash was also known. As part of the investigation police drove the route themselves with the road cleared and even so they found it difficult (largely on typical British winding roads) to drive to the schedule that Hart had managed - and they were in a standard patrol car and Hart was driving with a heavy trailer. Go figure.