Teenager attempts to commit suicide by driving head on into oncoming traffic

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Just stupid stupid stupid stupid

Police say teen's fatal wreck was suicide try

By BETH WARREN, MARY LOU PICKEL
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 10/20/06

A 16-year-old girl who police say tried to kill herself by veering a Mercedes into oncoming traffic was charged with felony murder for crashing into a car in Buckhead, killing a mother of three.

Prosecutors say Louise Egan Brunstad, a student at Holy Innocents' Episcopal School in Sandy Springs, had recently tried to initiate a relationship with another female student, who rebuffed her advances.

Brunstad then told the girl and other students she planned to kill herself, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said.

"She was traveling at a high rate of speed," Howard said of the Oct. 4 incident. "This is an intentional action."

Witnesses told police Brunstad never slowed down as she left the northbound lane of Roswell Road, crossed over a turning lane and plunged into southbound traffic, ramming her family's 2003 Mercedes into the victim's 1999 Daewoo nearly head-on.

Nancy Salado-Mayo, 30, died. Her middle child, Lesly , 6, was nestled in a child safety seat and was treated for fractured ribs and other injuries. A female bystander pulled Lesly from the crumpled car. When police arrived, they noticed the woman had small bloody fingerprints on her blouse.

Howard said he has since learned that Lesly may have permanent damage to her vision.

Salado-Mayo, who lived in Atlanta, was on her way to her job at Jason's Deli in Buckhead.

The veteran district attorney said he's determined to prosecute the teen as an adult because of her decision to drive into traffic without regard to the safety of others.

Asked Thursday afternoon to comment, the teen's father, William Brunstad, a real estate attorney with the Atlanta firm Dominion Capital Management LLC, said: "This is a real bad time. I cannot talk."

The teen's attorney, Drew Findling, also declined to discuss the allegations but expressed the family's sadness over the accident.

"This young lady and her parents are devastated by this horrible accident and by the death of Mrs. Salado-Mayo and the injuries of her daughter," Findling said. "They are praying for the quick and healthy recovery of her daughter and for the well-being of her husband and other children."

After a memorial service in Atlanta, Nancy Salado-Mayo's body was returned to her native country, Mexico, for burial. Her husband, Mario Bibiano, a steel worker, spoke in Spanish at his modest Sandy Springs apartment about his grief and his concerns about his children.

"The great suffering that I'm going through now is very difficult," he said. "If she wanted to kill herself, why did she have to hurt others?"

Bibiano wasn't able to attend his wife's funeral in Mexico because he remained by his daughter's bedside while she recuperated in an Atlanta hospital. The child, suffered a torn artery in her lungs, along with the vision problems, Bibiano said. She is also traumatized by the death of her mother, her father said.

In two weeks Bibiano's parents will create an altar in their home in Mexico to honor his wife on Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday.

"Nobody's going to bring my wife back," he said. "I want justice under the law, for the future of my children."

The teen driver, who was treated for an ankle injury, hobbled into court Thursday morning on crutches for a brief hearing before a judge, who transferred felony murder and aggravated assault charges against the teen to adult court.

Louise Brunstad is now being held at a mental health facility due to her suicide attempt, the district attorney said. She is wearing an electronic monitoring device around her ankle to prevent her from running away, he said.

Prosecutors plan to seek a grand jury indictment against the teen within the next 30 days, Howard said. If convicted of felony murder, she would face an automatic life sentence in prison.
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Holy God...they updated the article including this bit:
Before hitting the gas, Brunstad had sent a text message to the student she had a crush on, said Paul Howard, the Fulton County district attorney. "She was actually counting down her imminent threat: 'Nine, eight, seven, six ... I'm going to do it.' "
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Jeff7

Jeff7

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If you want to kill yourself, do so without causing other people misery. Use a means that will not endanger others.


And it may sound callous, but I'd say to allow her to finish what she attempted. She obviously does not wish to live, and she's also a danger to others. Why keep someone alive if all they're going to do is cause and endure suffering? Right to choose to die FTW.
 
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BrownTown

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Well at least spending the rest of her life in jail will be a good way to get some lesbian action...
 
JulesMaximus

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Typical teen, thinking only of themselves...OMG!!! MY PROBLEMS ARE IMPORTANT!!! I'M THE CENTER OF THE FVCKING UNIVERSE!!! Fvcking dumbass...:thumbsdown:
 
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jagec

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Originally posted by: Jeff7
And it may sound callous, but I'd say to allow her to finish what she attempted. She obviously does not wish to live, and she's also a danger to others. Why keep someone alive if all they're going to do is cause and endure suffering? Right to choose to die FTW.
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If she's truly suicidal, the best punishment is to make her keep on living, and make her life even worse than it was previously. Which is, more of less, what they're doing.

Suicide is often selfish, but this case is even more selfish. Wow.
 
Babbles

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I lot of stupid suffering in the world does nothing more than perpetuate more suffering.
 
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everman

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Some Mercedes are pretty big, a Daewoo would have been like a tin can up against one of those.
 
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MX2

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Originally posted by: Art Vandelay
Originally posted by: MX2times
Originally posted by: Art Vandelay
Awesome. Not.

Teens should be beaten.
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BAN...NOW
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Umm, that's why i said "NOT"... but whatever gives you a boner.
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Actually, nothing gives me a boner. You and I both know you edited your original comment smart guy
 
her209

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Aren't Mercedes known for safety?

Also, why didn't she just drive off a cliff?
 
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Originally posted by: Art Vandelay
Originally posted by: MX2times
Originally posted by: Art Vandelay
Awesome. Not.

Teens should be beaten.
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BAN...NOW
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Umm, that's why i said "NOT"... but whatever gives you a boner.
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you're a Fudge packer, infecting the air with fa**otry.

Over the line. Enjoy your vacation.

AnandTech Moderator

 
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jagec

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Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
Originally posted by: her209
Aren't Mercedes known for safety?
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she dint die, the mom in the daewoo did
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I know that, thus my question.
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Yup, pretty dumb way of committing suicide.

Then again, girls have a MUCH lower success rate at it than guys...
 
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Goosemaster

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1. there were many delightful walls around that she could have shared her last moments with. I'm sure none of them would have minded.

2. At the end of the day, she proved to be the epitomke of selfish ignorance. She is pathetic. She lsot, and will probably enver ever ahve any pride i nthe rest of her pathetic life. She forfeited it all when she decided to disregard everythign abotu everyone.

3. I really hope they don't sue the parent too badly. It was the girl who committed the act.
 
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