Talked About This in Class

The incident was mentioned last semester in Criminal Law and the elderly man is just now being charged:

The Los Angeles district attorney's office filed charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence Monday against the driver of a car that struck and killed 10 people and injured 63 others at a farmers' market in Santa Monica last summer.

If convicted of all 10 counts, Weller faces a possible sentence ranging from probation to 18 years in state prison, the statement said.

The only reason his car eventually stopped, Butts said, was because a body trapped beneath the vehicle slowed it down.

"Mr. Weller was conscious throughout the collision sequence; no evidence exists that Mr. Weller attempted to take the car out of gear; there is no indication of braking throughout the entire collision sequence," Butts said.