Gross Negligence Manslaughter: Gross negligence manslaughter is a crime that is committed when someone in an official position commits an unlawful act that they should have been able to see would result in the death of another.
This maybe a problem with our legal system. If he didn't have a CDL, can Gonzalez, or his lawyer claim, that he wasn't in an "official position? "
Ran across this odd legality when working at boat yards. An it was the reason I never got the "Six Pack," Captain's license. If something went horribly wrong, and even if I wasn't piloting the boat, I could be considered a responsible party cause, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER, to have allowed actions to have taken place.
I think what is the most disturbing, is that while this yacht was being loaded, no one, asked the simple question, after seeing the Florida Tags, "Where are you taking this?"
May have shrugged, if they said anywhere else on the California Coast. Thinking of course that the trailer had brakes.
If it was a yard I was working in, and the driver didn't respond, or said Florida, I would have dropped a dime on him and called CHP to check it out. But in this case, no one did.
Nothing short of a Mack, Freight-liner or Peterbilt could have towed this yacht to Florida in a safe manner.