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THINKING OF JOHN LABELLA 5 YEARS LATER...

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MikeShannon914

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It was March 4, 2002 when John Labella left us at age 52 after a freak accident. Yeah, 5 years already. He's still missed.
 
Whatever happened to that guy who caused the accident???
 
Last thing in the Dallas News about it was posted in Dec '02:

"A 40-year-old truck driver pleaded guilty Friday to negligent homicide from the traffic death of a Dallas radio personality in March.

"In a plea agreement reached with prosecutors, Linden Kerrick Berry of Richland Hills received three years' probation and a $1,500 fine for the March 4 accident on Interstate 30, when part of a forklift being hauled on his truck struck an overpass, broke off and killed John LaBella.

"Mr. LaBella, 51, of Dallas was driving home from his job as host for radio station KMEO-FM (96.7) in Arlington when the top part of the forklift fell into oncoming traffic. Mr. LaBella, a co-host of the popular "Morning Zoo" on the former KZEW-FM (97.9) for more than a decade, died instantly.

If Mr. Berry meets all conditions of the plea agreement, the state jail felony charge will be erased from his record. One other condition of probation requested by Mr. Labella's widow, Beth, was that he write four separate letters to family members expressing his remorse."
 
What a waste. Such a nice guy,only to have it end the way it did. The punishment does not fit the crime. It wouldn't bring John back,that goes without saying,but a "slap on the wrist" is once again wrong all the same.

Hey John thanks for all those great mornings,and "walter from waco".
 
Five Years already? Wow, that's shocking. I remember that day, I was working the overnight at Memories and handed it off to him at the start of his shift. He was a real nice guy, never sold me short because I was working the overnight. Haven't met another jock like him.
 
Not many of us have, Jaco. Not many of us have.

Godspeed, Labella!
 
I miss listening to him as well. I wasn't in Dallas when he was at The Zoo.

Did the guy driving the truck break some laws by causing the accident? Didn't it hit an overpass and that
is then what caused the forklift to leave the trailer? You would "think" that all overpasses on any MAJOR highway would have enough height clearance for all trucks and trailers..............

Yes, the guy got a slap on the wrist, but I bet the guilt he has in his heart, I would hope, continues to haunt him to this day............

Similar to what happened this weekend on George Bush Turnpike. A lady was drunk and her husband was drunk and they were following each other home, the lady killed a construction worker........she is in a HEAP of trouble. The husband was also arrested for DUI. Wow !!
 
i think the lady and her husband were in a domestic dispute and were on the way home to Allen..

the lady in anger rammed her husband's car with hers and he, in turn, was spun into a construction worker...

the construction worker was killed...

she was arrested for manslaughter, he for DWI...
 
Wow !!

I didn't realize his car was the one that ws involved, I thought she was the only one involved in it.
My, my, my !!
 
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