RI Baby Killer Critcally Injured in Crash - Lets Pray That He Dies!!
biniohas
04:19 PM EST on Monday, February 28, 2005
Staff reports
A Rhode Island doctor and leader in the local Hispanic community was in
serious condition today after an accident in Texas that left his
13-year-old son in critical condition and killed a 13-year-old niece.
Dr. Pablo Rodriguez, 49, of Warwick and his family were riding an
airport shuttle to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport when a
pickup truck operated by an alleged drunken driver collided with the
van, police said.
The airport shuttle van was struck along the passenger side by the
pickup, which was headed in the wrong direction in the westbound lanes
of State Highway 183 in Irving around 6 a.m., police said.
The van rolled over on impact, and Rodriguez's niece, Brianna Titcomb,
of Huntington, N.Y., was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.
Rodriguez, a gynecologist affiliated with Women and Infants Hospital
and a professor at Brown University, his family and Brianna's family
had just spent a week together on vacation in Belize and took a flight
to Dallas on Saturday. They stayed overnight at a local hotel and were
on their way back to the airport for a return trip to New York when the
accident occurred.
Brianna's mother, Dawn Titcomb, is the twin sister of Dr. Rodriguez's
wife, Diana Rodriguez, 47.
Dr. Rodriguez was admitted to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he
underwent surgery for broken bones yesterday, according to his
secretary, Lynn Barcelos, at Women's Care Inc., where Rodriguez is
managing partner.
His son, Raphael, 13, was listed in critical condition at Children's
Medical Center in Dallas.
Another son, Pablo Jr., 16, was treated and released from Parkland
Memorial Hospital.
Diana Rodriguez, a nurse turned landscape designer, was not in the
hospital.
Dr. Rodriguez is a member of the Rhode Island Democratic Party state
committee's executive board and former president of the Rhode Island
Latino Political Action Committee. He was also a founding member of
Rhode Island's Judicial Nominating Convention.
Diana's twin sister, Dawn, was in serious condition today at Parkland
Memorial Hospital. Her husband, John Titcomb, was listed in good
condition at the same hospital.
A relative said Mrs. Titcomb, 47, had a broken pelvis and a liver
injury, while her husband, 51, had a back injury. The couple's
10-year-old son, Brett, also in the van, was not badly injured.
The Titcombs live in Huntington, N.Y. Titcomb is a chiropractor, and
Mrs. Titcomb is a physical therapist.
The driver of the pickup truck, a Grapevine, Texas, woman, was charged
Sunday with intoxicated manslaughter after the accident.
Police said Kayla Proffitt, 20, was booked into the Irving jail on one
count of intoxicated manslaughter and five counts of intoxicated
assault. Bail on the manslaughter charge was set at $50,000.
She received minor injuries.
Investigators are working to determine how the driver of the pickup got
onto the wrong side of the highway, which was closed for more than four
hours Sunday morning as police investigated and cleared the wreckage.
Proffitt had been arrested two weeks ago for DWI. She was released Feb.
17 after posting $500 bail on the driving while intoxicated charge
brought by Euless police.
The shuttle is registered to a hotel on the eastbound frontage road of
Highway 183, across the highway from the accident site. A
representative of the Clarion Hotel, which recently took over operation
of the property, declined to comment.
Eunice Titcomb, John Titcomb's aunt, said Brianna was a bright student
and a good athlete, playing ice hockey and soccer. She also competed in
long distance races.
"She was very talented, bright and cheerful," Ms. Titcomb said. "I'm so
upset - her future cut short. It's hard to absorb the news. Something
like this shouldn't happen to such a young family."
Tony P.
bini...@hotmail.com says...
Look, not only is he an OB-GYN he's also an advocate for those with
HIV/AIDS. I've met Dr. Rodriguez at several events. He is an asset to
medicine as well as to the community. I do not wish him ill.
Something tells me that MADD has just gained a powerful ally.
Boyle M. Owl
Snippage...
Bin, you are evil.
Go away.
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BMO
elliot
> biniohas wrote:
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> Snippage...
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> Bin, you are evil.
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> Go away.
I second that!