April 04, 2007
Aw, crap
A drunken driver has killed the director of the best Christmas film ever, along with his son.
LOS ANGELES - Film director Robert Clark, best known for the beloved holiday classic "A Christmas Story," was killed with his son Wednesday in a car wreck, the filmmaker's assistant and police said.
Clark, 67, and son Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were killed in the accident in Pacific Palisades, said Lyne Leavy, Clark's personal assistant.
The two men were in an Infiniti that collided head-on with a GMC Yukon around 2:30 a.m. PST, said Lt. Paul Vernon, a police spokesman. The driver of the other car was under the influence of alcohol and was driving without a license, Vernon said.
The driver, Hector Velazquez-Nava, 24, of Los Angeles, remained hospitalized and will be booked for investigation of gross vehicular manslaughter after being treated, Vernon said. A female passenger in his car also was taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released, police said.
My condolences to the family.
Why is it that the miserable, unlicensed, worthless bastard responsible always seems to survive these wrecks? It's a triple tragedy, really, that two innocent people died, and that one waste of skin survived.
Posted by Mike Lief at April 4, 2007 05:46 PM
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