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Drunk Driver Walks Free After Killing 17 Year Old

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17 year old, Obianuju Osuegbu, was riding her electric bike home on Highway 11 in Winder, GA when Chrissy Rawlins, 43, hit Obianuju in her Ford Taurus from behind killing Obianuju.

This accident occurred on August 23, 2020, around 8:40pm. When the Georgia State Patrol arrived on the scene, they noted within their report that Rawlins stated she didn’t know what she hit and that it was dark. Rawlins also said that she didn’t see any lights or reflectors on Obianuju’s bike. A trooper on the scene agreed and reported that he did not see lights on her bike.

To make matters worse, Rawlins had her children in the car at the time of the incident. Officers suspected Rawlins was under the influence due to her dilating pupils and slurred speech. They gave a field sobriety test to Rawlins. Authorities did not charge her with the killing of Obianuju, but charges include driving under the influence and child endangerment. However, troopers told Pauline that Rawlins wasn’t to blame for her daughters death.

Pauline reveals her encounter with troopers, “It was two state troopers, he told me, Ms. Osuegbu, I’m sorry for your loss, he says it wasn’t the driver’s fault, my daughter was wearing dark clothes and she was riding a bike that doesn’t have lights, these are the stuff he mentioned, and I was very disappointed of the stuff that was coming out of his mouth,” Pauline said.

Blood tests later revealed Rawlins had four drugs including methamphetamine, in her system at the time of the accident.

Bruce Hagan, attorney for Osuegbu family, has been active in pointing out the ignorance of the responding troopers. The official report states Obianuju did not have a light on her electric bike and she was not wearing a helmet. Hagen argues that Obianuju did have a light on her bike. He also explained that she was not required to wear a helmet due to Georgia law, only requires those under the age of 16 to wear a helmet.

Hagan also points out “They’ve never determined this lady’s speed; they never tried to determine braking distance, did she even brake. They never tried to determine the speed of Ms. Osuegbu’s bike as she was going on to determine the relative difference in speed; they didn’t do anything.”

As Pauline is still saddened by the loss of her daughter, she is relentlessly seeking justice.



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