Victim's father wants answers about fatal crash

What were LaCoursiere's injuries? I've not heard it said.

I believe all states should have this "graduated" drivers license. However, by the account of the adult witnesses, Mr.Davis refused to let Mr. LaCoursierre back into the lane of traffic by speeding up and slowing down. He also was seen swerving into the lane Mr. Coursierre was driving. I believe he swerved a little too far as he saw Mr. Coursierre speeding up and they collided. The back end of Mr. Davis an the front of Mr. LaCoursierre, CAUSING the teal truck into the school bus. CAUSING these childrens death. Indeed, the "but for" test is a civil test, however, it does apply here. "But for" the actions of the teenagers, Mr. Davis would not have engaged them and caused the accidents. Please remember, Mr. Davis is the adult, the teenagers don't even have fully developed brains until age 20. I do not buy the "just being teens" attitude of these kids. My son, would never engage in such activity.

In regards to Mich V Davis, I believe all were at fault, however, I do not believe Davis would have been involved if the teens were not driving the way they were. I dont think Davis was out to hurt anybody that day, I believe he let his emotions get the better of him. I, as a teen, used to drive like an idiot also, most do, always speeding down the road and also racing anyone I could find. I would have messed with those teens also. I am now 40yrs old and drive like I'm 80yrs old. Always getting passed and even tailgaited. So I know both sides of this story. My ego earlier in life would have been to challenge those teens since I also owned a pontiac grand prix se (fully loaded) and I would have thought I could have taken them in any situation. Now that I'm older, I see those young kids (or any one for that matter) and I let them by me and hope there is a highway patrol down the road to catch them.

were the victoms wearing seatbelts in the pickuptruck that is stupid if they
didnot.I feel sorry for the family of those kids they did not have a chance
to graduate high school or live life.MY heart goes out to them.

Hows is the guy on the school bus doing.lucky there were no kids on the
bus it could have been a horrible mess.That was dumb to play roadrage
that is like playing chicken on a bike.

I feel for all familys involved , but I'm wondering why someone has to be blamed and sent to prison , when its apparent that the teens were horseplaying with there cars and passing in illegal lanes ... Hmm mabye it was just a bad judgement call on all partys , davis should not go to jail for this

Does anyone in this world hold themselves accountable anymore finger pointing is all anyone can do when things go bad , none of the teens seem to know what they were doing , but know in great detail what and where davis was during the moments before the crash ...hmmm .

Since James does not remember anything leading up to the crash, is there a chance he may have had a seizure in those moments?
This is merely specualtion since I only know what I've read here.

In the first place there were to many boys in the truck. And I don't think that the bus driver can't remember to much about the reck. I have been watching the show. I don't think that the driver of the red Grandam was in the wrong. And if he is a school bus driver then he should have been paying attend more of the things around him. Of cousre this is my opinion. I hope that David doesn't get convicted of any crime of the reck.

I've been watching this trail and it seems to me you have the wrong person on trail the person who should be found guilty of negigate vehicle homicide is James LaCouriere.The state of Michigan is very far off and 100% wrong.Steven Davis was not the guilty party in this terrible ordeal, my heart goes out to all family members but that drama was caused by the recklessness of their friend James LaCoursiere.

I've been watching this trail and it seems to me you have the wrong person on trail the person who should be found guilty of negigate vehicle homicide is James LaCoursiere.The state of Michigan is very far off and 100% wrong.Steven Davis was not the guilty party in this terrible ordeal, my heart goes out to all family members but that drama was caused by the recklessness of their friend James LaCoursiere.

It seems to me that these boys controlled their own fate, they are just as responsible as Mr. Davis for this tragedy.

I've been watching this trail and it seems to me you have the wrong person on trail the person who should be found guilty of negligent vehicle homicide is James Lacoursiere.The state of Michigan is very far off and 100% wrong.Steven Davis was not the guilty party in this terrible ordeal, my heart goes out to all family members but that drama was caused by the recklessness of their friend James Lacoursiere.

I've been watching this trail and it seems to me you have the wrong person on trail the person who should be found guilty of negligence vehicle homicide is James Lacoursiere.The state of Michigan is very far off and 100% wrong.Steven Davis was not the guilty party in this terrible ordeal, my heart goes out to all family members but that drama was caused by the recklessness of their friend James Lacoursiere.

I often heard the saying that you shouldn't come to court with dirty hands.As not for the actions of the teenagers Mr.Davis never would of gotten invovled and this never would of happened.

This case is all wrong. Why is the state doing this to Davis? Money? I don't understand. How much money did Davis have to pay for his lawyer? Well he get his money back?

I am sorry lives were lost but if you play with fire you will get burned. The teenagers were playing and now they are dead. Why is Davis on trial for this? I think it is all about money for the state.

Why dose someone have to take the blame for this? Why Davis? Why not the parents? After all, It was their teenagers that did this to Davis.

Our system is messed up. I feel sorry for Davis. He should not be in court for this. The state should be after real kellers and try to stop the crime in their state. This is not right.....

Since the defense attorney brought up the fact that Robert McGuire tested positive for marijuana in his cross examination of the Medical Examiner whether he had information regarding the survivors, especially ALL drivers involved(including the defendant) about any drug or alcohol test results? If none of the survivors were tested for any drug or alcohol use then I really believe that it was wrong for the defense attorney to bring up the fact that a victim who was riding in the back seat of the truck was "high." Also, if those survivors did test positive for any illegal substance, that may be one reason why their memory seems to be so cloudy.

Lena.

In listening to the witness' descriptions of how the accident happened, other than his buddies, it doesn't look too good for James to me.

I've been watching this trial and for the most part I have listened to the witnesses who saw this terrible tragedy occur. Some of your viewers have stated that because there were four cars involved, hence four drivers involved, only one or two cannot be responsible for what happened to those three teenagers. Well, from what the witnesses have said, I did not hear any of them state that the blue truck was careening back and forth into the opposite lanes and into oncoming traffic. All I heard them say is that they saw the fast driving, the truck on the shoulder on THEIR side of the road and the passing of vehicles on THEIR side of the road. Only until Mr. Davis appeared did the truck vear into the path of the school bus, into oncoming traffic. I just wonder, had Mr. Davis just continued on past them altogether and not become involved, would they have just sped along recklessly until say a stop light or slower traffic on THEIR side of the road made them slow down? The defense claims that they would have crashed anyway, but how do they know? They may have just given up their antics and gone home! Who knows?? I just have to wonder, the only time the one vehicle left its side of the road and slammed into oncoming traffic was when Mr. Davis decided to "show" them that their actions were reckless.

Three lives have been lost, Why take another? Are there not enough people in prison as it is? What is wrong with this picture? What has our country come to?

We the people should stop all this madness. It could be any one of us sitting where Davis is. Think about that... Its our freedom that is being taken from us. Our money for lawyers. And our tax dollars paying for the trials. Everyone is getting paid but us. It starts with the police, then the DA, the PA, the judge, the bond companys, All this comes from our tax dollars. Then we have to pay for our lawyer. And in the end it will be our freedom they take from us.

I believe that with all the traffic on the roads these day's and the dangerous roads we all have to drive, children of 16 and 17 are not responsible enough to be trusted to not be children with lethal weapons. Cars in the wrong hands, as with guns, kill. I feel that the legal age for children getting their liscence should be changed to 18.

I have respect for the prosecutor because he is actually searching for the truth.I think he felt obligated to prosecute Mr.Davis, because of the families and community,but now they can witness,hear and see for themselves the true cause of the accident and stop blaming Mr.Davis

I have heard so many different things and my opinion is they're all just as guilty as the next person. They were all doing the same thing, so it's all or nothing. They should all be charged to set an example.

i dont see how you can charge a man that was caught in the middle of this reckless driving with these charges. The prosecution can get anyone they put on the stand to say the same thing. I think Davis is not guilty

This is just sad, I thought I read the other day where James was walking around with an attitude as well as still running in the same circles as the deceased as if nothing happened. Why doesn`t he remember the moments leading up to the accident? If he was sober, if he was NOT under the influence of any kind, what happened? This truck looks like a building fell on it so he must have been MOVING when he popped it. I feel for the parents and families of the deceased.......

I can`t blame him, I would like answers too and I am not anywhere NEAR related to these people.

All of the witnesses seem to have a different story of what they saw that day, but one thing is clear and common with every witness.
-The Grand Am and the truck were engaged in some sort of confrontation. Which led to the awful accident. (Why would the grand am want to get involved at 55+ miles an hour?) That's my question.

Someone needs to be the smart one here, the one with the most experience should have pulled back or away. Mr. Davis should have.

this is totally unfortunate.
however, the lack of experience by the drivers of these vehicles almost created this scenario to end the way it did.
mr. davis, the older, more experienced driver should have minded his own business.

If those young men regularly take this route after 'school' I suspect this is not the first time they have played this game.

One part of it is to drive on the shoulder so as to throw up stones and debris into the path of following motorists.

When they get someone annoyed enough to overtake them and hold the fast lane they then overtake again using the turn-off lane, get in front of him and 'brake check'.

This requires a car to be in the slow lane blocking that and is to insight the victim to pull out into the turn-off lane to 'overtake', as they had done.

Once he is in that lane the truck in the fast lane speeds up to keep him there.

In the meantime one of the friends pulls up close behind the victim to prevent him slowing down to get back into the fast lane. He is then faced with being locked in the turn off lane at high speed, a very frightening situation.

I would be interested in whether the trucks involved had 'standard' engines or were hotted up. To be really effective requires this game needs the trucks to be able to out accelerate unsuspecting standard sedans, like the Grand Am involved in this case.

I think those young men had practised and perfected these moves.

Unfortunately some of them were the victims in this case but if they had been allowed to continue with this practise others would have died anyway.

Obviously I think Mr Davis is the victim and the police completed failed to understand what was happening..

The defense and proscution is wrong, I had google earthed the accident site. The only 5 lane intersection is 25 mile and gratiot, 26 mile rd. and gratiot is a 4 lane intersection.... They both need to reorganize. Starting to get confusing for people to follow at home.....

I am finally satisfied that you folks have aired the remedy Toyota's runaway situation. "TAKE IT OUT GEAR" (911 operater), hit the beakes and steer to the side of the road. It is beyond my belief that no one including the San Diego man who put many peoples and a CHP officer lives in jeapordy because of HIS inability to drive a car in that instance.He should loose his driving privelidge.

I know the father wants answers but he needs to be looking at his son and his son's friends. Mr. Davis just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and didn't use his head. He does not deserve to go to prison for this. Maybe the parents should take this time to teach their other kids about safe driving and remind them that cars are not toys. They can be deadly weapons and in this case they were.

Well i think that everybody should get charged instead of just one person cause he wasnt the only one driving crazy they all were

I agree with ERD here cause he knows "The Game" and so does the defense attorney as you can tell by his questioning about the one truck going off and on dirt shoulder. I think it happened to be the Teal one.

Also that Denna Scott and M.Johnson have the same thoughts as me as to what's happening in the case and how it should come out.

I dont think that any one person should be blamed, these kids should not have been driving eraticaly and swerving in and out of lanes. its a tragic accident that should have never happened but we live and learn and sometimes our actions give us a bigger consequence than we bargained for. my condolences go out to the families that lost loved ones in terrible turn of events.

I have been a paramedic for over 20 years. Looking at this accident through the pictures and listening to both defense and prosecution, anyone driving a vehicle that survived the accident should be held culpable. I've been to too many accidents and those that were like this usually involved alcohol or inexperienced drivers screwing around. I've seen many deaths. This is another example of teenagers in a group doining the wrong thing causing another person to be angered into doing something he wouldnt do any other day. Now a man is defending his life for the actions of other people that too were involved. This break tapping has been done to me and its frightening.
Thank you for your time.
Di W

When you see people doing stupid things call the police or go home and make the kids some macaroni and cheese or watch TV.

But if you want to do something incredibly stupid like going down to the level of teenage kids, then don't expect sympathy when you are on In Session being tried on three counts of manslaughter.

Sure am glad i am not on this jury. Everyone has a different story and its making my head spin as i sit here and watch it

To view Mr Davis as anything less than an active, and aggressive participant in the incident would be short sighted. He had ample opportunity to disengage himself from the teens reckless game well before the collision occurred, but instead, he chose to inject himself into, and actually take part in, the same reckless activity. He will pay the price for it. So will James LaCoursiere who goes on trial next month for his actions. The one who got the best deal out of all of this was Mr Doyle. To have his charges reduced from reckless driving to careless driving is a big deal. It's not a criminal act to be careless, that's a civil charge. However, it is a criminal act to be reckless, and that charge would have landed him in jail. I've wonder too, if Davis was offered some sort of plea deal for his actions? If so, I think he should have accepted it.

Assuming the credibility and accuracy of the witness, regarding the vehicles, I wonder why the defense of others never came in to play. Presumably a motor vehicle driving at high rates of speed, swerving erratically could constitute a dangerous weapon, then it would hold equal weight that Mr. Davis could interject to protect the lives of others by attempting to slow the teal pickup by placing his vehicle in front and slowing his vehicle.

I too have applied my brakes on several occassion while another car is tailgating me with high speed on the freeway. If we check ourselves we all have done this at least one or more occassions. Now should Mr. Davis be purnished for something we all have done even including all the teenagers involved in this accident. Also just because these kids might be great students and all that doesn't mean that they can't get involved in dangerous activities with their trucks on the road. They were not only speeding but throwing bottles. But since no one was hurt from their bottles throwing It is ok. To them they were having fun like they always had but in the wrong place, this time "on the road".

Its a real shame that these 3 young men were killed BUT, all parties that were involved should be prosecuted. Mr. Davis did not help the situation and shouldve backed off.....................the teens driving the trucks were negligent and initiated the accident and as a result they lost 3 friends.
I am really upset with the witnesses (4 teens) in regards to how they are all pointing the finger at Mr. Davis and NOT ACCEPTING there share of the blame....................if you want to drive like an adult on the road, then act like an adult and tell the truth, they are lying through there teeth and its quite obvious.

Keep up the good work Vinnie, your the best!

1st-Why would doyle need to make a deal with prosecutors office if he wasn't in the wrong, as well as davis? 2nd-If davis was in front as some have indicated why didn't the young men fall back like the silver truck did, unless they had the road rage. 3rd-I think the whole incident was very fool harding and wrong, but I don't think Davis should be given the 3 manslaughter charges. I feel much sorrow for the young men and their families, but everyone in this instance made bad choices. Both of the drivers should be charged with the same charge, because they were both doing the same to each other (except the silver truck driver).

I would like to know why the teal truck didn't pass the grand am on the right side of the road. Was one of the other ttrucks blocking the right side of the vechiles?

I live on 26 mile and i will say the speed limit is 55 i have seen people doing 60 to 65 down here. that day when it happend there was bottle throwing from both cars!It was road rage from all drivers and was bad that a school bus was there in the middle of it! I beleave MR. Davis was ranting it on! they are to be all blamed for this!

It seems a real shame to me that Mr. Davis has to be the scape goat for these teenagers poor decisions. I don't think he is anymore guilty than the rest of them. The driver of the truck that the 3 were killed in is the one that ought to go to jail and have so time to think about his foolish driving.

It will be interesting to see what happens to James. I'm sure he doesn't want to remember anything leading up yo that fatal wreak. I raised 2 boys with the help of my wife and thank god they are both still alive today and doing well. That's no easy job for sure. I feel deep pain for those parents. God bless them.

As a 54 year old woman who owned a red Mercedes SLK-230 convertible and who has never had a traffic ticket or accident in my life, I sincerely cannot understand "road rage". There have been times in each of our lives that another driver's immature and unsafe behavior have angered or frightened us, but to act on those feelings in any way certainly endangers ourselves and those around us on the roadways. Please shake your head, curse aloud in your vehicle, but DON'T try to avenge the other driver! This is exactly what happens when one does.....

If you were not a witness or involved in this unfortunate WRECK, how can you be Judge, Jury, and Executioner? You cannot believe everything you here or read. Yes I was a teenager at one time, and did some very careless things. thank god I did not hurt or kill anyone, but if i had , I would jump up and say, YES it is my fault, and take my punishment set by the court or jury. It takes two to tango!!

Ive been watching this an wondering, when do you use a turning lane to pass a vehicle, when the curb lane was clear? and why didnt they use turn signals to let others know what their next move was as your suppose to when operating a vehicle. they saw the break lights, but maybe Mr. Davis decided to get his car out of the way of their convoy as told, I do realize that deaths are tragic but horse play on our roads is not tolerated at no time, now whos the blame

Daria and Wondering

you have good points but make the error of painting with a broad brush

all the kids who were killed were not drivers, therefore it is wrong to paint with a broad brush and raise them to the level of participant or attribute attitudes of the events- it is wrong to blame bystanders/passengers who may have been unwilling participants

hence, the charge of manslaughter and if Mr. Davis is found guilty I hope the three charges are to be served consecutively

I think Davis should be ashamed of the way he interracted with these youths. I think the driver of the teal truck and Davis should share responsibility in this. Davis is a thug and that is proven by the AK47 under his seat that probably no one will hear about. Where does he get off playing vigilante and this excuse he was trying to stop the teens is a total lie and excuse as to why he engaged in this behaviour. I hope both Davis and Lacoursierre are proud of themselves because I sure am not. I hope both men lead tortured lives because that's what they deserve, after all 3 people are dead because of them.

Sadly, I think the teenagers are at fault here. Many teenagers believe the road is for fun. The whole situation is very sad but how can we blame one man for what happen out there? !6 is too young to drive, I have always believed that.

why always someone to blame the accused could have been killed and they would have charged the victims. road rage or racing all are at fault but sadly people died and thats tragic my heart goes out to the family

Both the pickup driver and Davis are equally at fault, both should have been charged and tried. The total attitude of the teenagers in not taking any responsibility for their actions is deplorable.

I feel that if Davis had not put himself in the middle of these crazy teens that there may or may not have been an accident. Davis decided to act like one of those kids and HE is the one who caused this accident. He and the driver of the truck did get involved in road rage and they are both responsible. If Davis had just moved out of the way, then I do not think it would have happened or maybe not as bad. To me Davis looks like a jerk and he wanted to be the BIG DOG on the road and put his life and (I think) his brothers life in jeapardy. He should had just called police and stayed away.

why did the red grand am go into the turn lane at all if he wasn,t trying to block the truck

What a trajic shame, BUT we all were young and dumb when first using a vehicle. I am 69, I cant imagine how many stupid things I did as a youth abd most likely should have died 50 years ago in an auto accident. Mr. Davis in my opinion, was full of fear, fear turned to anger with the fear still there and got caught up in this accident. I for one believe he should go FREE, he after all with all the families has to live with this horrible accident. BUT it was an accident. I believe the dead kids buddies got together as kids do and wrote the same script.. It appears to me that all other witnesses believe the kids were driving like maniacs as kids and I did.

why was the red car skidding? please send me a email back my mother would love to know

Dear Tony n.j

you are wrong saying the vicitms would be charged if Davis had been killed

because the victims were all passengers and not drivers and it is wrong to attribute attitudes or participation

that i why Davis is being charged- because he killed what abounts to bystanders in order to punish or play with a driver of another vehicle

Where is the driver of the blue truck? Why is he not on trial for manslaughter. He KILLED his passengers, not Mr. Davis. The stupidity of the three drivers of the 3 pickups is what caused this terrible wreck. I think the driver of the blue truck should be in court everyday. It should be mandatory!!! HE is the responsible party, Mr. Davis might have contributed to it, but the blue truck was already on the roadway before Mr. Davis was involved. Apparently from watching insession, the driver of the truck was going over 80 miles an hour. On a town street, houses, other drivers, people, and a truck of that size going that speed is just an accident waiting to happen. The boys were probably pulling up beside the car, backing off, pulling up, backing off, the driver got tired of it, and by then he was upset, the kids had probably been giving him the "bird" and then GOD turned that page on his Book of Life, and there were the names of the three teens that were killed together. As a lawyer, punish the right people. The three drivers of the three trucks caused this incident, they could have prevented it, so don't push the blame over on an adult, when we know the drivers of the other vehicles, set this accident up by being dumb.

I am so sorry for these families losses. I don't think I could handle losing my son. I am watching the trial and I don't understand how they are charging the passengers with manslaughter. Maybe I have this wrong but I thought they were trying to give one of the passengers jail time. I don't believe this is right. An accident is an ACCIDENT, for starters. It doesn't really matter what caused it, its still an ACCIDENT. The driver, I can understand charging them with some jail time, but the PASSENGER?? That's just not fair or right.

I know it is unfair and not relevant to his guilt or innocence, but Davis looks like a bully. One of those guys you see driving a lifted 4X4, acting like he's in "Bigfoot". Or, maybe the jury may sees it the same way.

How can the prosecution witness tell if the skid marks were made before or after each other... It seems to me the skid marks are SIDE BY SIDE .. also the truck skid marks start .. IN THE CENTER PASS LANE . and SKID INTO THE LANE where he hit the bus. How can they say he was speeding up passing the red car if he is SKIDDING . My question would be why did the teal truck begin to skid from the passing lane before the crash????? The InSession team seems to be thinking more of the speed than what caused the truck to go skidding into the on coming traffic.

Officer Brian Mcknight said that "a car would spin '360 degrees' if the car was struck at an angle of 42 degrees by another car going 40 mph faster. As he was saying that he turned an object that was referenced as the car being struck and spinning in his model. He spun it so that it was in the flipped position. Hahaha funny stuff.

Meaning that somewhere the education given to him failed him at degrees. Sad story though. Big fan.

I've been watching this trial since day one and I believe that if Davis had not gotten involved, these 3 gentlemen would still be alive......

It seems almost impossible to determine with any degree of certainty what actually did happen. I don't see how Davis can be convicted.

At the speed difference, the defendent could not have already been running with the pickups. what if he simply pulled out to pass, saw that the vehicle behind him would never make the pass and tried to brake to give him more room to miss the bus??
I have slowed down many times to allow a bad judjment driver more room to reenter the main lane.

30-40 miles faster is too fast to know a behind you driver is closing in the lane you are headed for.
Clark from Pleasant Hill,OR

My heart goes out to the three

teens who lost their lives, and the parents and friends who are suffering from the untimely deaths of their loved ones, and i know that they are looking for somebody to blame, but the truth is this should be a lesson for all the teens all over the world who think playing around in cars is cool. It also doesn't matter what a teen is in they shouldn't be allowed to drive to school they should be bused, because this proves that teens are just not responsible enough to handle that responsibility no matter how much there parents think they are, because as soon as they get around their friends all there teachings go out the window, and we as adults who were teens once upon a time should know that.

I object to the fact that all the blame is trying to be placed on one person. Davis was wrong for the act of road rage, but there were to many parties involved for the people to point their finger at one person

Question: Why was Mr. Davis's car in the passing lane when there was no car in the fast lane? Sounds too much like game-playing. And look what happened!?

Hey, did Stephen Davis have an AK-47 in his car?

This is a very tragic accident and my heart goes out to all those family members of those teenager's. I can certainly relate to the feeling because I lost my 16 yr old daughter in a car accident in 2008. As a parent of a teenager, you want to believe they will make the right decisions, but they don't. They don't realize that vehicles are deadly pieces of machinery(a comment i even made to my own child). I certainly understand James LaCoursiere getting jail time, but don't you think he will punish hisself for the rest of his life? Those were his friends. Its natural to lash out and want someone to pay the price for the pain you feel and their is truely fault on James LaCoursiere but jail isn't the answer. What if this was one of the other kids behind the wheel and doing the same thing, which could have been highly likely. Do you think your kids were just as into the actions of James' but yet he gets the blame because he was the one driving? Does your state have a law that says you can only have 1 non-relative passenger in the vehicle if you are under the age of 18, like VA does? One last question to the parents, knowing your children the way you do, do you believe they would want James in prision for 15 years?

As for Mr. Davis, he played a role in this but not manslaughter.

I believe that Mr. Davis, while being an adult , should have backed off and not continued to intice the teenagers into the game of leap frog at high rates of speed! I hope that justice is served.

It seems obvious that the teal truck did NOT try to PASS in the oncoming traffic lane......... his SKID MARKS BEGIN in the CENTER PASSING LANE 94 feet before the impact.
Therefore, he was passing in the center pass lane when he began to apply his brakes... Or am I missing something ? If he had not applied his breakes his truck would have continued driving straight in the center pass lane regardless of his speed. The investigator said he could not correct the path of his vehicle once the brakes were applied and LOCKED??
Did he apply his brakes because the red car swerved in his lane?

In any situation no adult should feed in to the behaviors of children and react to it.

If Mr. Davis is charged with manslaughter, why were the other 3 drivers involved in this terrible accident not also charged with manslaughter??? None of the teen drivers or teen passengers want to take any responsiblity for this accident, however, if they were not doing what has been alleged, In my opion, Mr. Davis would not be involved in an accident.. I think the teens should also take responsibility for this accident and the deaths of their friends.

OK...Tomorrow we hear closing arguments and what the jury's verdict is.
Does anyone know if Davis will take the stand before that?

I agree with other poster who said...if it was'nt Davis who they started fooling around with..it would have been somone else.
I do believe Davis was in the wrong place at the wrong time,the kids are the one who were reckless in the trucks..all of them should be held accountable!!!

It seems to me that these kids were driving carelessly long before Mr. Davis came into the picture. Why do people always want to blame the adult in a situation like this? "He should have slowed down...he should have let them pass...he should have known better..." What about what the kids should have done??? Maybe slowing down would have prevented all of this from happening. I certainly hope this jury does NOT convict him and send him to jail for this. If they convict him...they should convict all of them!!

After listining to the testimony today, I believe that Davis lost control of his car hit the bus, I do not see how he had or could have anything to do with the teal truck, which was charging up on him at least 20 and perhaps as much as 40 miles an hour faster. Imagine looking out your back window and see a wreck about to happen with a truck comming up your rear end, would you not swearve and try to get out of the road????

I'm 60 years old, have been driving since I was 16 and have never had so much as a parking ticket. I have also used brake checking and slowed drivers down. Not one ounce of road rage was ever involved.

I'm sure I'm far from alone in that. Given testimony and evidence in this case I sincerely hope the jury aquits Davis. He may have made an error in judgment but it is the driver of the pick-up who caused the accident and who is responsible. At any point he could have slowed down! He was old enough to drive and old enough to make a choice.

From what I understood from witnesses the driver of the truck was speeding and passing vehicles on a gravel shoulder long before Davis became involved. It's not much of a leap to think he was trying to pass Davis and hit the bus. It makes no difference why Davis was in the turning lane as the accident would not have happened had the driver slowed down.

The saddest part of this is watching those young kids who survived (and their parents) acting like it was all Davis's fault. No accountability!

All any of us can do is guess as to what really happened as there is no hard evidence and so much conflicting testimony. I think the trial is sufficient punishment for Davis for using bad judgment.

I'm watching the closing statements this morning, and I was shocked when the prosecution actually quoted the Bible!!! Has he not heard of the separation of church and state???

the states own witness the officer said it was not davis who caused the accident the judge should have granted the motion . the way the law works the prosacutor feels a defendit is not guilty he still wants to convict him. if davis had died they would have tried the other driver

mr cataldo must a went to a great acting coach thats why this should have been a trial by juge but not this one ,the facts are clear and they should find him not guilty

judges in most cases let not guilty persons go to jail because there concerns about politics. this judge seems to be one of them.

ok its both there faults and mr davis should have never got mad its just kids haven fun he should have just let it go i hope he gos down hard for wat he did THATS messed up now 3 TEENS ARE DEAD cause of his actions and justice WILL NOT BE SERVED UNTIL HE IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WAT HE DID

Where is Doyle in all of this. Sounds to me like he was as much to blame as the others. I dont think Davis would have got in the middle lane had it not been for Doyle's actions. I believe they were all to blame and all should be held equally responsible. The story of Lacousiere saying he cant remember, just doesn't hold water for me. He was the true aggressor in all of this. His case will be worth watching.

i really have a hard time believing there was not a vehicle in front of davis, i think doyle was more involed than spoken. i feel doyle brake checked davis, davis being over line and partially in center and left lanes, doyle hit brakes on davis,driving between both lanes, when LaCoursiere thinks he is getting in left lane speeds up only to realize that he didnt which forces natural reaction of why LaCoursiere is in the lane of oncoming traffic. i do not think at this point davis has a choice. what a tragic accident, and while 3 teens lost their lives all that were involved are imprisioned in their mind:(

Does anyone know if the three teens that lost their lives were all in Lacoursieres truck?

mr davis should have gone pro ce this defense laywer is in experenced as far as im concerned .for serious case like this one.

Of course the parents are angry...I would be too. Just because they have seen the teens drive appropriately when adults were around, does not mean by any stretch of the imagination, that they were acting appropriately that day. Come on parents, Lets put responsibility where it lays...they are ALL at fault!

I think Davis was in the turning lane preparing to turn without his turn signal on. When Davis saw Lacousiere speeding towards him Davis tapped his breaks to signal Lacousiere. Davis attempted to move out of the turn lane, giving way to Lacousiere, but he saw the second pick-up truck approaching too quickly and as he attempted to move back into the turning lane he lost control. I believe he was attempting to avoid an accident, not cause one!

Mr. Davis is an adult, he should have acted like an adult. However, I don't think him spending his life in prison will serve any purpose for others or the victims. This should be a lesson to everyone that decides they want to "play" in traffic.

First I want to say that this is a tragic situation and as a parent my heart goes out to the parents of these dead teenagers. But from the testimony of all the witnesses it shows that no one really knows what happened but the evidence shows that the driver of the teal truck is at fault. Mr. Davis was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The police officer evened stated the driver of the teal truck was more at fault.

I would not call the DA's closing argument in the Davis case passionate, I would call it melodramatic. I feel when your argument won't stand on facts then you see the superfluous drama, fake indignation and raised voice. I would vote to find not guilty.
Roberta, CA

My regards go to the families that lost a love one. I have been watching the case on tv and I do have opionion. I think everyone was responsable and they all played a big part. If Davis had died who would you blame? I raised three children and i know how crazy they can be. I would be angry and don't know what I would do but those boys were playing around in stead of thinking about what danger everybody was in. I think the young man that was driving, his parents should be suied for the lose of the lives of his friends. We will never really know what they were thinking but the other boys that were playing and driving sould be sorry for acting up while driving so reckless. Davis was in the wrong place but he don't deserve that kind of sentence.If they all died what would have happened?Who would you blame? Let Davis go.!!!!

one of the non-involved witnesses said it best, "i'm resposible for the safety of my passengers so I backed away" ultimately Lacoursiere
was responisble for the safety of his passengers and speed in excess of 80mph made for the tragic occurrences

i think mr davis being much older should have backed off and called 911 and this would not have happend and he would not be in court

This is such a tragic event. I remember being young and never thinking anything bad could happen to me. I did stupid things and by the grace of God I got by with them. My sister was in a tragic car accident and was in Vanderbilt Hospital for months. She is totaly blind. Severe head injuries severed her optic nerve. The Drs. didn't think she would make it. Prayer is how we got thru it and still do. She was 23yrs. old and was a passenger in the car. I believe everything happens for a reason. After all these yrs. God has shown me the reason this happened to my sister. I hate to admit it but I get mad when people pull out in front of me, ride their brakes, turn without using their signals. It only takes a sec. to get angry when this happens.This trial has made me realize that I could be in Mr. Davis's shoes by being caught up in the moment. My heart go's out to all of them. God be with them!

I do not doubt for one second that Davis is guilty. He is the adult here and his conduct should have reflected that. Instead he has the blood of kids on his hands. Take this dangerous man off the road.

What was Davis' account as to what happened? I know he didn't take the stand but surely he was asked his version after the accident and that should have been included in th police report.

I believe James LaCoursiere is responsible for this terrible accident, not Davis. James' truck was speeding and all over the roadway long before they encountered Davis. James was acting like a maniac driving his truck on his personal highway playground. The teenagers are just trying to get out of taking responsibility for actions.

I cry for the kids that lost there futures, but am disgusted by there families lust for vengence as if mr. Davis was the only cause of this accident. A good jury got it right, mcguire, Noble and grewette. Quit whining and for all those who think Mr. Davis or Mr. Lacoursere should spend the rest of there lives in prison should institute themselves.

The so called adult should have telephoned 911 and kept his distance. He deserves at least 2 years incarceration. I have heard at least one of the teen jerks behind the wheel has a dubious driving history, most likely the driver of the fatal pick up truck. Parents must realize THEY are obligated to control their offspring and rescind driving privileges when necessary.

I just realized that the date of this accident is the same (though 2 yrs later) as my son Sam's accident in 2006. There are no answers, no one to blame.. They can perhaps blame the driver of the truck they were in, as there can be no boys having a good time as the prosecutor says if it costs lives. One day they may all come to grips with this..but it will take a lot of time.

After listening to Mr. McGuire's speech, I think Mr. McGuire is not facing the truth. If the kids had not been playing tag on the road, endangering everyone else, his son would not be dead nor would the other two. Mr. Davis contribution was less than 2% – the kids started it and they did not back down. It was a game to them that ended terribly.

I morn for your loss, but face the facts. I watched the testimony and know that if you are attempting to drive in the wrong lanes you are jeopardizing everyone else's life.

Keep the good memories and admit the kids made a terrible mistake. It will be hard – but it needs to be done. Your hurt is real – I am so sorry.

how could this old so called judge accept a letter from a so called non family member and use it as a major factor in his decison and then talk about it , i think this judge should be evaluated.

I just saw the sentencing and here is a classic example of our failed justice system. We incarcerate more citizens in the united states then any country in the world including China and Russia. We still have thousands of violent intentional criminals on our streets because of mandatory sentencing(not the case here) and judges reckless sentencing. Mr. Davis should not be In prison. The mcquires are shameful and do not do any honor in the sons memory.

Rodney I agree with you,
Let's see if the teen driver wo copped a plea to save his butt gets to serve any time.
Maybe we will have to rely on the concious of these litle creeps. But the apple doesn't fall far from the tree look at the father, he can not accept truth or blame, so that's how his son was raised. Maybe some day there will be a pay back, there usualy is.

I live in the area the accident took place in and watched the trial from beginning to end. I have to say my heart broke more than a few times watching this trial...I listened to each of the witnesses tell what happened, Dr. Spitz and the lead investigator. No matter how this was going to play out, in the end....three boys are gone and Mr. Davis is messed up for the rest of his life.
I have three teenage nieces and nephew (all driving age) and they tell me the types of games teenagers play with their cars and It makes me sick and worried to drive on the roads. This is a game that teenagers play....and I believe fully that the teenagers involved in this accident had played this game before. What is wrong with this generation???
I believe that they are all guilty, including Mr. Davis...guilty of what though is the question. Mr. Davis should have just backed off and let the kids pass him...ignore them and they will go away. I do not believe that Mr. Davis is a murderer or that he intended to harm anyone in anyway. He is serving his sentence and will have to live with his actions the rest of his life.
James LaCoursiere I feel is at more fault than anyone...His friends lives were in his hands and in the end their blood is on his hands. I agree after watching the entire trial that Mr. LaCoursiere is the one the State should be looking at to make their EXAMPLE out of.
To the families – I continue to think of you and pray for you!

This is for Marie, never say "My son, would never engage in such activity." I'd like to say mine wouldn't either but I can make no promises. This happens to often lets just hope it reminds other children in the community of the consequences of their actions...For Every Action Ther Is A Reaction

I must say reflecting back on the testimony....how ignorant a lot of the witnesses were during their testimony...like

One witness when asked for how long after they left 26 mi stoplight how long they drove between this interaction and another and they said 15 minutes....holy cow wouldn't they of been half way cross the county?

And another bystander asked how close they were following and they said 4 feet! So do they have any concept of distance.

And what about the gals that said they were concerned for their safety and so they backed off...yet a few questions latter they were describing themselves as right next but a car length back when the crash happened. So your scared there is going to be crash and you seperate yourself by only one car length!

And what about the gal that said she backed off...but the guy in the back seat talked about pieces hitting their car when the crash happened. Some backing off!

If they really backed off...they would of pulled off the street or got at least 2 or 3 blocks between them and those idiots.

The most credible testimony was the crash invetigator.

Doyle got off the pretty easy. careless driving – 3 points – didn't even lose his license! For the testimony the prosectution got from him...their deal sure stunk for them!

Hard to tell from the testimony, but maybe the kid driving the silver truck was the smartest one of those 3 teen drivers.

I think the States should contact "I Session" and piece together some of this footage and make it required viewing for teens before they get their drivers license. Sure years ago when I was a teen...they had the film thing....but this tragedy, is so more up to date and relavent, shows how easy this could hapen to anyone. Drives home the point, that even as passengers, we have to step up and interviene, control the situation, try to prevent situations that can make you a victim.

In closing ..condolenses for the families...terrible ..terrible..story...life is fragile.....

People die in cars. People die in trains. People die in planes. Blaming and hating and attacking people violently via gun-wielding men doesn't stop people from crashing cars – however relying on the government to prevent death entirely does bring about some horrible side effects, like a lying corrupt government, heavily censored and propagandized news, and blind almost racial hatred of anyone who the government says is "bad", with no real true information as a reference since the media, populace, and world is so heavily censored that people's judgement is all based on lies, fiction, and ignorance.
What most people fail to realize while blaming drugs is that car accidents did not decrease with the drug laws. The drug laws and the war on drugs, and drunk driving, is simply propaganda to make people polarize against drug users and hate them, blaming them for forces of nature (death) that cannot be controlled. Why is the government hating drug users? Simply because they can rob them, take their possessions, and incarcerate them at huge profit to the jailers and huge expense to the taxpayers. Meanwhile they cite increasing drug arrests as need for more enforcement, as a sign that drug use is more prevalent; what they fail to mention is that drug arrests correspond directly with law enforcement spending. Censorship and propaganda is all about twisting the facts, of cherry picking tidbits of science and taking them out of context for personal gain.
The father wants to know why cars crash, and why people die? It's just how the world is, and hatred will not change the fact that people do die, and it's a good thing – if nobody died, the world would be horribly overpopulated. I guess the current solution of sterilizing everyone and locking them in a box is "safe", but for how long?

as amother, grandmother and great-grandmother i know when teenagers get into a car together they forget common sense. one word of encouragement from friends and they beome dale ernhardts. as parents we need to stress that a drivers license is a huge responsibility and that cars are NOT toys. speed limits are there for a reason. what a waste of lives so young. maybe we need to let our children ride school buses again until they are mature enough to think before they put the pedal to the metal.

my youngest is a son age 15..he took drivers ed...he is a very careful driver..i made him watch some of this trial to show him what happens when boys decide to think with no thoughts of concequence! these boys none had seatbelts...wrong! my son has been told never..NEVER go without a seatbelt! did the driver of teal truck have seatbelt? why didn't he have his passengers have a seatbelt on!...this is so sad...all you parents out there with children who are still beginner drivers tell them to think before they act...all kids have cell phones and i have told my kids to text me if they are in a vehicle that the driver is not doing the right thing...but better yet have your responsible kid be the driver and not the passenger!