P. v. Woods
Jeffrey Francis Woods drove his Ford F150 truck erratically and aggressively one summer afternoon in Huntington Beach. At approximately 2:09 p.m., Woods, with Hydrocodone/Vicodin and Xanax in his system, texted his ex-girlfriend to ask if she had any Xanax. Approximately one minute later, Woods, driving 63 miles per hour in a 40-mile-per-hour zone, hit 14-year-old Danny Oates, who was riding his bicycle in the bicycle lane. Oates flew 205 feet in the air, ricocheted off a tree, hit the pavement, and rolled. Oates's best friend, Brian Flory, who just seconds before was riding next to Oates and barely escaped being hit, raced to his friend's side. Oates died in the street from massive blunt force trauma. Oates and Flory were riding to school to get their schedules for the upcoming school year.
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