Mustang Susan
2013-05-15 13:17:21 UTC
We know somebody else who likes to drive recklessly and kill
their friends.
A Yolo County jury has found a Sacramento man guilty of second-
degree murder in the death of a passenger in the vehicle he was
driving in January 2012.
The jury also convicted 23-year-old Ryan Scott Baird of gross
vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with two prior
convictions for driving under the influence, driving under the
influence causing injury and driving with blood alcohol at or
above .08 causing injury, according to a Yolo County District
Attorney's Office news release. Killed in the crash was Robert
Sunderland III.
In addition, the jury found Baird guilty of enhancements for
causing great bodily injury to Oscar Saeed Rodriguez, causing
great bodily injury with a coma to James Black and causing
injury to multiple victims.
On Jan. 6, 2012, Baird and the other three men were attending a
barbecue at James Black's house to celebrate his 21st birthday.
All four got into Baird's 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Baird drove
onto Interstate 5 at Main Street in Woodland and exited at
County Road 102. Authorities calculated that the vehicle was
traveling between 79 and 94 mph before the brakes locked,
launching the car off the side of the road, where the vehicle
rolled numerous time.
The three passengers were ejected from the car and Baird had to
be cut out of the driver's seat. Sunderland died at the scene.
Black was in a coma for weeks and suffered a severe traumatic
brain injury as well a multiple fractures to his pelvis and
legs, according to the news release. He underwent numerous
surgeries, and is still living in a rehabilitation facility and
undergoing treatment for severe memory loss. Rodriguez suffered
a broken arm that required surgery and a fractured back.
This was Baird's third DUI charge, officials said, and the
second motor vehicle crash he had caused as a result of driving
under the influence. In a breath test at the crash scene, Baird
registered a blood alcohol level of .144 and a blood test done
shortly thereafter showed a blood alcohol level of .18, as well
as the presence of marijuana, according to the news release.
Officials said Baird had been warned and had acknowledged that
driving under the influence was dangerous when he pleaded no
contest in each of his two prior DUI cases.
Baird is to be sentenced June 25 by Yolo Superior Court Judge
Janet Gaard, who presided over the trial.
http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/driver-guilty-of-
second-degree-murder-in-crash-near-woodland.html
their friends.
A Yolo County jury has found a Sacramento man guilty of second-
degree murder in the death of a passenger in the vehicle he was
driving in January 2012.
The jury also convicted 23-year-old Ryan Scott Baird of gross
vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with two prior
convictions for driving under the influence, driving under the
influence causing injury and driving with blood alcohol at or
above .08 causing injury, according to a Yolo County District
Attorney's Office news release. Killed in the crash was Robert
Sunderland III.
In addition, the jury found Baird guilty of enhancements for
causing great bodily injury to Oscar Saeed Rodriguez, causing
great bodily injury with a coma to James Black and causing
injury to multiple victims.
On Jan. 6, 2012, Baird and the other three men were attending a
barbecue at James Black's house to celebrate his 21st birthday.
All four got into Baird's 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Baird drove
onto Interstate 5 at Main Street in Woodland and exited at
County Road 102. Authorities calculated that the vehicle was
traveling between 79 and 94 mph before the brakes locked,
launching the car off the side of the road, where the vehicle
rolled numerous time.
The three passengers were ejected from the car and Baird had to
be cut out of the driver's seat. Sunderland died at the scene.
Black was in a coma for weeks and suffered a severe traumatic
brain injury as well a multiple fractures to his pelvis and
legs, according to the news release. He underwent numerous
surgeries, and is still living in a rehabilitation facility and
undergoing treatment for severe memory loss. Rodriguez suffered
a broken arm that required surgery and a fractured back.
This was Baird's third DUI charge, officials said, and the
second motor vehicle crash he had caused as a result of driving
under the influence. In a breath test at the crash scene, Baird
registered a blood alcohol level of .144 and a blood test done
shortly thereafter showed a blood alcohol level of .18, as well
as the presence of marijuana, according to the news release.
Officials said Baird had been warned and had acknowledged that
driving under the influence was dangerous when he pleaded no
contest in each of his two prior DUI cases.
Baird is to be sentenced June 25 by Yolo Superior Court Judge
Janet Gaard, who presided over the trial.
http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2013/05/driver-guilty-of-
second-degree-murder-in-crash-near-woodland.html