Comments on: Walnut Hill Man Charged With DUI After Highway 97 Crash

By: SUSAN

SUSAN — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:24:54 +0000

I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH AND GLAD THINGS DIDN’T TURN OUT WORSE THAN THEY DID. WALK A MILE IN SOMEONE’S SHOES BEFORE YOU JUDGE. BTW, IF YOU TITLE IN FRONT OF YOUR NAME DOES NOT START WITH “HONORABLE JUDGE” OR YOU ARE NOT GOD HIMSELF YOU NEED TO RESERVE YOUR JUDGEMENT FOR YOURSELF. THANKS, PEACE & LOVE.

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:00:07 +0000

Dusty – please be careful! I dont agree with drinking and driving, but I can understand how life can get you into a tailspin. It could have been a lot worse… and you already know that.

You are a wonderful person inside!!! I remember you always being the one to make others feel better!!! Try not to let this beat you and turn you into someone you are not!

By: bubble_gum

bubble_gum — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:46:54 +0000

glad ur ok, dude…….learn from this, someone’s tellin u somethin……….be safe D!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:12:27 +0000

My family and I were hit head-on in Cantonment by a drunk driver– we are all very lucky to be alive today. Please, Please Do not drink and drive.

BTW: Always wear your seatbelt–you never know when you are going to be in an accident.

By: give me a break

give me a break — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:33:28 +0000

@ dee milam- theres nothing avg about taking peoples lives in your hands..thats a very serious decision and just bc you’ve had a rough time doesnt give u the right to drink and drive.

you say you trust him with your children… would you have been willing to strap them in the backseat along for that drunken drive…its not about how responsible you are sober… the drunk driver (& in many instances innocent people) are going to have to deal with the decisions you make drunk

as a mother daughter & sister i would never defend anyone who makes those decisions.

btw call me and my family odd being 21 & 23 ourselves for choosing not to get in a vehicle drunk and put your familys life at risk. guess we should thank god all 24 yos arent avg!

* i went to school w. dusty, nice guy but i still dont want you killing off my family and friends

By: delorise milam/ dee

delorise milam/ dee — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:51:02 +0000

thank u all for your comments towards him that were not hate or judge filled. yes, he made sum terrible decisions, and i hope in my heart that he sees that now. dusty, is an amazing person, we have all made istakes, i am sure all of us have family members who have too, and still loved them the next day. dusty would never say anything hurtful about sumone else, or judge sumone so quickly. i just hope that everyone sees that this was a blessing, he is alive and no one else was hurt. the comments should read as the last few did, “dusty, be glad u r alive, and no one else was hurt, please wake up and make better decisions, next tie u might not walk away.” i appreciate those ones and i know in my heart he does too, but to the other comments, judging him, throwing harsh words and statements at him, u dont know him, like i do. i know that he would have my back had i made such a decision. i dont drink, smoke, do drugs, and yet dusty mason is still my best friend. i am a mother of three childeren, and i trust in my heart they would be safe with him. just please know, dusty was wrong, but he is not a bad person for his mistake, before we r so quick to judge him, know the facts.

By: been there

been there — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:56:08 +0000

Dusty…we dont have to be in the car to KNOW WHAT HAPPENED…..LOOK at the car and your picture dude…WE WERE THERE…WOW MAN..Oh yeah…lets see..a deer ran in front of you..yeah, that will work…..you weren’t the only one there….the law was there too !!! and the photographer

By: Mrs. Hollingsworth

Mrs. Hollingsworth — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:25:13 +0000

Dusty remember you have family that loves you and friends that does not want to see anything happen to you. Please don’t drinlk and drive. Call someone to help you out. The best person to call is GOD and he can help you through anything. Please , Please don’t drink and drive. I just know you can turn your life around and change it for the best. Thinking of you and I know that you are a good guy.

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:16:37 +0000

REGARDING:
“If you dont know what really happened then you can keep your nose out of my business. I know for a fact that what happened. I was the only person there. So unless u were in the car with me your opinions will go right to the trash.”

If I’d been in the care with you, based on the picture, wouldn’t I be dead right now?

If I’d met you, wouldn’t I be dead right now?

Maybe not, as Molinojim pointed out, “. . . There are things worse than being killed in a wreck—go to a rehab hospital and look at the people who can only move their eyes and so on.”

Either you lost control or you didn’t lose control. If you lost control, you endangered the lives of others by not being in control while moving a multi-ton machine down the road. If you didn’t lose control, you endangered the lives of others on purpose.

Yes we’ve all done things we regret. Some of us have nightmares decades later of those very things, both what happened and what could have happened if things had changed just a little bit.

We aren’t all griping when we ask,” Please decide not to kill us or the ones we care for who might be on the road you drive–or even inside their houses if you hit them.”

For that matter, there’s people who just want you not to kill yourself and that IS the most common result of vehicular accidents.

David thinking drinking and driving
is as dangerous as texting and driving
and not wanting any killed or paralized

By: A family friend who still cares!

A family friend who still cares! — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:31:04 +0000

Dusty, you know that your Grannie would never have approved of the decision you made to drink and drive that night, no matter what the circumstances. Family issues have always been and will always be, so that is no excuse too not only break the law, but to endanger yourself and others sharing the road with you.

Your friends who have posted comments on here are very concerned about you, your well being and your future and most of all they are probably really dissapointed in you about now. We miss the old Dusty who lived by values, had respect for everyone and used good judgement.

PLEASE Dusty, take this experience that could have been much worse and learn from it, if not for your sake, then for all those who love and care about you. Your grannie who loved you dearly would never ever want to see you or anyone else injured or killed by doing something that was preventable in the first place.