NEW CASTLE, Del. - December 24, 2008 - Twenty-eight-year-old /*Joseph Taye*/ of Bear is charged with
manslaughter, assault and leaving the scene of an accident. Police
say his car went out of control Saturday night and struck
firefighter /*Michelle Smith*/ and an injured motorcyclist she was
assisting.
Taye's BMW was not equipped with devices that allow a person
whose legs are paralyzed to drive. Police found the stick in his
car after the crash. A similar stick was found in Taye's car after
he was involved in a hit-and-run accident last year in Elkton that
injured two women.
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Information from: The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal
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