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Old October 12th 07, 11:28 AM posted to rec.bicycles.soc
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Driver is called 'extreme danger'
Teen was speeding almost 30 mph over limit when he killed two cyclists
last month in Baldwin County, say authorities
Friday, October 12, 2007
By DAVID FERRARA
Staff Reporter

BAY MINETTE -- Patrick Blake Young Ballard, 19, had alcohol in his
system and was driving almost 30 mph over the speed limit when he
struck and killed two bicyclists last month, authorities said at his
preliminary hearing Thursday.

Assistant Baldwin County District Attorney Hallie Dixon called Ballard
-- charged for the second time in about two years with killing a
cyclist on a Baldwin County roadway -- an "extreme danger" and asked
that he remain held in lieu of $300,000 bail, while his case is sent
to a grand jury.

Should Ballard be released, Dixon asked that he not be allowed to
drive.

Baldwin County District Judge Jody Bishop denied a defense motion to
reduce Ballard's bail, which had been set last month. Bishop also
agreed to the driving restriction if Ballard is released on bail.

Ballard faces two counts of murder in the Sept. 3 deaths of William
Frederick Imle and Archie Leroy Clemons Jr.

Ballard, who lives in Spanish Fort, had been driving in excess of 70
mph in a 45 mph zone as he rounded a curve in his 2003 Chevrolet
Silverado pickup truck and slammed into the cyclists on Bromley Road
in Spanish Fort, authorities said.

His blood alcohol level was measured at 0.039, authorities said. The
legal definition of intoxication in Alabama is 0.08.

The crash occurred about 9 a.m., and authorities said they believe
Ballard had been up since midnight, drinking on and off.

Ballard's pickup struck Imle and Clemons, slid into a ditch and
overturned, ejecting Ballard and his 17-year-old female passenger, who
has not been publicly named because of her age.

In June 2005, Ballard was charged with manslaughter in the death of
Laurence "Larry" McDuff, who had been riding a bike in Fairhope when
he was struck by a Jeep Cherokee.

Because of Ballard's age at the time, that case was sent to Juvenile
Court, and the record was sealed. Authorities have declined to discuss
anything about the resolution of the case.

Ballard was also convicted in a 2004 Mobile court case of speeding at
more than 85 mph, according to Baldwin County District Attorney Judy
Newcomb.

Prosecutors said Thursday that since his arrest, Ballard made a phone
call from jail in which he said he would leave the county if released
on bail.
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Old October 17th 07, 06:11 PM posted to rec.bicycles.soc
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"His blood alcohol level was measured at 0.039, authorities said. The
legal definition of intoxication in Alabama is 0.08.

The crash occurred about 9 a.m., and authorities said they believe
Ballard had been up since midnight, drinking on and off."

Good story, but we need a little work with our decimals.



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Old October 17th 07, 11:23 PM posted to rec.bicycles.soc
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:11:09 -0400, "Greens"
wrote:

"His blood alcohol level was measured at 0.039, authorities said. The
legal definition of intoxication in Alabama is 0.08.

The crash occurred about 9 a.m., and authorities said they believe
Ballard had been up since midnight, drinking on and off."

Good story, but we need a little work with our decimals.


Reporters can't do decimals on their fingers.

 




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