Mohegan Sun Bus Driver Who Ate Cannabis Gummies Avoids Prison
A heap number one wood who passed out on I-95 in Constitution State after eating a whole old bag of Smokies Edibles Cannabis-Infused Fruit Chews won’t serve up prison house clip for reckless endangerment, The Connecticut Post reports.
A Nutmeg State Superior Margaret Court judge was satisfied Th that Jinhuan Chen was incognizant that the gummies were loaded with THC, the fighting(a) fixings in cannabis, because he could not talk or show English.
Chen was ferrying a busload of Boston casino-goers backwards home from Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun on March 13, 2022, when he all of a sudden slumped in arrears the wheel. The jitney swerved left hand and flop before coming to a halt.
Connecticut constabulary responded to reports of a private instructor dash near Exit 30 inwards Stratford at around 3 p.m. Upon arrival, a state trooper discovered Chen unconscious inwards the driver’s seat, alongside the travelling bag of Smokies Edibles.
Chen was promptly taken to Bridgeport Hospital, where tests revealed elevated levels of THC inward his system. He was afterward supercharged with 38 counts of reckless endangerment.
Judge Goes Easy
Judge Elizabeth Thomas Reid sentenced the 59-year-old to an accelerated rehabilitation with 2 years of probation. That substance the 38 charges against him testament be dismissed, provided he commits no other criminal offense during the tentative period.
This potentially could have had devastating consequences, but he (Chen) now pulled o'er and called 911,” the judge said.
Assistant State’s Attorney Saint Peter Cunniff didn’t object to the leniency of the sentence, agreeing that at that place was no more grounds that Chen had knowingly ingested the THC.
Chen had been driving for the charabanc company, Go Go Sun, for 10 years, with an model(a) record, according to his employer, Victor Chen.
“He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, but he has a sweet tooth and likes candy,” Victor Chen explained to The Post shoemaker's last year.
Horror Crash
Chen was lucky. In March 2011, a World Wide Tours bus en route from Mohegan Sun crashed on the outskirts of New House of York City, resulting inwards the deaths of 15 people, with dozens more injured.
The double-decker swerved and collided with a metal sign on pole, which ripped through the vehicle, tearing sour its roof. Some witnesses said that the driver, Ophadell Williams, fell asleep at the wheel. Sir Bernard Williams denied this. He claimed he had lost hold in spell trying to avoid a swerving tractor.
He was prosecuted on charges of reprehensively negligent homicide and manslaughter, but was in the end cleared by a jury in December 2012.