Reckless Driving Charges for Los Angeles Man Involved in Several Accidents
Los Angeles Times staff writer Joanna Lin reported that physician Christopher Thomas Thompson, 59 will stand trial in court for reckless driving charges. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Amy D. Hogue heard testimony from Los Angeles police officer Robert Rodriguez and cyclists allegedly involved in separate altercations before ruling on Thompson’s case. Thompson faces felony and misdemeanor reckless driving charges including causing serious injury.
Thompson is accused of driving in front of cyclists and then abruptly stopping causing injuries to three bikers. The accidents occurred on a thin stretch of Mandeville Canyon Road a residential road in Brentwood. Officer Rodriguez said in court that Thompson had told him he was “tired of them” and that he stopped in front of the cyclists to “teach them a lesson.”
In July, Ron Peterson, 40 had his front teeth and nose broken and suffered scarring to the face when he went through Thompson’s rear view window. Another cyclist Christian Stoehr 29, suffered a separated shoulder that needed to be operated on, and required metal implants, he now suffers from chronic arthritis and soreness in the joint.
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