I had wondered what happened to Izzy from this. A year in the klink really sucks but I guess it's better than what he was initially facing

 

Got off easy, street racing is so incredibly stupid.

 

Killing someone you know is getting off easy. Street racing is stupid but people do stupid things everyday. This time it killed 2 spectators who were veteran street racer and knew better than to be standing there. We all knew them. Sux if you ask me. But still no track in Los Angeles after 20 years of the solution was closed down.

 

with time served he will be out very quickly---if he wasn't already out on bail....

 

now he can get himself a promod and be ready for the 2018 season

 

LOS ANGELES
The driver of a souped-up Mustang that went out of control and killed two spectators during an illegal street race in Los Angeles has been sentenced to 12 years in state prison.

Forty-three-year-old Karen Balyan was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest last month to vehicular manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon. He also acknowledged fleeing the scene of the Feb. 26 crash in Chatsworth.

Authorities say seconds after the race began, Balyan's car slammed into a curb and hit three people.

Twenty-six-year-old Eric Siguenza and 50-year-old Wilson Thomas Wong were killed. A third man was seriously injured.

The other driver, Israel Valenzuela, was sentenced to one year in jail for vehicular manslaughter.

A third man, Henry Gevorgyan, also was sentenced to a year in jail for vehicular manslaughter.

Read more here: http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/state/article53020025.html#storylink=cpy

Karen is a guys name?

 

No, No it isn't.

 

Id say they all got off lucky.. The guy driving the stang should be serving 2 life sentences

 

This link has a video
Three Men in Deadly Street Race Crash Sentenced | NBC Southern California

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...s.com/news/local/Three-Men-in-Deadly-Street-Race-Crash-Sentenced-364154051.html

 

The owner of the car that wasn't driving was convicted of vehicular manslaughter?

 

Yea, kinda like if I rob a bank and one of the guys I rob the bank with gets shot and killed, his death is now my responsibility. Something about committing a felony and any death that happens during it is now on me.

 

Terminal Island was great!

 

If you are an onlooker who gets killed at a street race by a racing car it is a case of mutual stupidity. Adults on the sidelines are not victims, they are volunteers. I felt that way as a teenager at Lancaster street races and feel the same way now.

 

This is the truth .

 

Damn. Sucks but they suffered the consequences to their actions.

 

The thing I don't understand about the law is this;

If a spectator can be cited for simply watching a street race, it's because he/she is personally responsible for placing himself at that location.

So then how is that person innocent and it's now everyone else's fault when shit goes bad and that spectator gets hurt?

The law gets to have its cake and eat it too.

 

The thing I don't understand about the law is this;

If a spectator can be cited for simply watching a street race, it's because he/she is personally responsible for placing himself at that location.

So then how is that person innocent and it's now everyone else's fault when shit goes bad and that spectator gets hurt?

The law gets to have its cake and eat it too.

Been that way for a while now. Citizens need to know that they can't be even partially connected with a consensual crime and not be in fear for their life/freedom.

The scales of justice are tilted to get people into prison these days.

 

I would not want to be named Karen and have to go to a men's prison for 12 years .

 

No kidding!! I think 'he' is going to be the cell block bitch for a long time.

 

A good time as any to post this i s'pose

 

No victims.
Only volunteers.

 

This is so true...

Dead spectators volunteered to risk their lives by standing in a dangerous(and stupid) place = Price paid was loss of life

Drivers volunteered to risk their freedoms by racing with people standing in dangerous place = Price paid is loss of freedom for awhile


Seems this all went down accordingly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why is it that some refuse to realize that as adults, we make decisions that carry consequences?

 

Consequences are the result of your actions. Izzy has/had some pretty bad ass trucks. That TT Silverado was pretty cool.

 

No it was'nt.
That truck did'nt perform for shit. All the videos show it winning 'some' races, but he got smoked more than he won.
He got fuckin smoked by turbo'd 4 cyl. Pinto with his big bad 400+ inch turbo LS.
That truck is a fuckin joke!!

 

The people standing on the side lines knew the risk. Should have never happened...but everyone knew the risks.

 

They all knew the risks, even the drivers...So that should mean that you dont have an issue with their punishment...Is that correct?