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by a drunk driver while jogging with her dog. >> the following day, a stunned rory puts the pieces of the sad story together when he watches a local newscast. >> this woman had been killed in a hit-and-run dui, and she was with her dog. so, for us, that was all the proof we needed. >> 22-year-old blake talman of bradenton was driving the car that hit donna. according to state troopers, his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. authorities say talman had just crashed into another car and was fleeing the scene of the accident when he struck donna and barney, altering the chens' lives forever. talman pleads guilty to multiple charges, including dui manslaughter and vehicular homicide. he is sentenced to 15 years in prison. >> it's a devastating experience to have to go through that. i had to assume duties of being both mother and the father. and certainly, there's a lot of psychological trauma that's
going to have its effect over years. >> sheriffs deputies report seeing talman drinking with friends on the beach prior to the fatal accident. drinking is legal on siesta key beach. dr. chen is on a crusade to change that. >> 95% of the beaches in the state of florida and, in fact, across the country don't allow alcohol and public drinking. we've had petitions online, we've had discussions with the county commissioners. i don't think the residents here want to have alcohol associated with our beach. it would certainly be a tribute to donna, help us feel better about her death if those laws could be changed. >> once o'connor knows the whole story, he updates his post on youtube. >> i updated the notes on it so that people could see that it was resolved, not in a real happy way, but it was a mystery solved, anyway. >> rory and dr. chen have met a
i was out fishing and a dog swam up to me. >> earlier that same day while o'connor is out fishing, semiretired emergency physician dr. wellington chen of siesta key, florida, gets a visit from police. >> obviously, when the police are at your door, you always wonder if you did something wrong. >> he is told the gut-wrenching news, that his wife of 26 years, the mother of his three children, 53-year-old donna, was hit and killed by a drunk driver. >> some friends of ours actually had witnessed the accident and said she'd been walking or running the dog and, obviously, we knew that he was missing at that point. we assumed he'd been hit by the car as well. >> it's undetermined if barney's injuries come from the drunk driver and why he is found more than three miles away from the scene of the crime and a half mile into the ocean. later that evening, authorities reunite a battered and bruised barney with the chens. >> a sarasota family is grieving tonight after a mother is killed
and certainly there's a lot of psychological trauma that is going to have its effect over years. >> sheriffs deputies report seeing talman drinking with friends on the beach prior to the fatal accident. drinking is legal on siesta key beach. dr. chen is on a crusade to change that. >> 95% of the beaches in the state of florida and, in fact, across the country don't allow alcohol and public drinking. we've had petitions online, we've had discussions with the county commissioners. i don't think the residents here want to have alcohol associated with our beach. it would certainly be a tribute to donna, help us feel better about her death if those laws could be changed. >> once o'connor knows the whole story, he updates his post on youtube. >> i updated the notes on it so that people could see that it was resolved, not in a real happy way, but it was a mystery
weird thing that happened, that i was out fishing and a dog swam up to me. >> earlier that same day while o'connor is out fishing, semiretired emergency physician dr. wellington chen of siesta key, florida, gets a visit from police. >> obviously, when the police are at your door, you always wonder if you did something wrong. >> he is told the gut-wrenching news, that his wife of 26 years, the mother to their three children, 53-year-old donna, was hit and killed by a drunk driver. >> some friends of ours actually had witnessed the accident and said that she's been walking or running dog and obviously, we knew that i was missing at that point. we assumed he'd been hit by the car as well. >> it's undetermined if barney's injuries come from the drunk driver and why he is found more than three miles away from the scene of the crime and a half mile into the ocean. later that evening, authorities reunite a battered and bruised barney with the chens. >> a sarasota family is grieving
tonight after a mother was killed by a drunk driver while jogging with her dog. >> the following day, a stunned rory puts the pieces of the sad story together when he watches a local newscast. >> this woman had been killed in a hit-and-run dui, and she was with her dog. so, for us, that was all the proof we needed. >> 22-year-old blake talman of bradenton was driving the car that hit donna. according to state troopers, his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. authorities say talman had just crashed into another car and was fleeing the scene of the accident when he struck donna and barney, altering the chens' lives forever. talman pleads guilty to multiple charges, including dui manslaughter and vehicular homicide. he is sentenced to 15 years in prison. >> it's a devastating experience to have to go through that. i've had to assume the dusts both being a mother and a father
>> the following day a stunned rory puts the pieces of the sad story together when he watches a local newscast. >> this woman had been killed in a hit and run dui. and she was with her dog. so for us that was all the proof we needed. >> 22-year-old blake talman of bradenton was driving the car that hit donna. according to state troopers, his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. he had just crashed into another car and was fleeing the scene of the accident when he struck donna and barney, altering the chens' lives forever. he pleads not guilty to multiple charges including vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. he's currently awaiting trial. >> it's a devastating experience to have to go through that. i had to assume duties of being both mother and the father. and certainly there's a lot of psychological trauma that's going to have its effect over years. >> sheriffs deputies report seeing talman drinking with friends on the beach prior to the accident.
story together when he watches a local newscast. >> this woman had been killed in a hit-and-run dui. and she was with her dog. so for us that was all the proof we needed. >> 22-year-old blake talman of bradenton was driving the car that hit donna. according to state troopers, his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. authorities say he had just crashed into another car and was fleeing the scene of the accident when he struck donna and barney, altering the chens' lives forever. he pleads not guilty to multiple charges including vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. he's currently awaiting trial. >> it's a devastating experience to have to go through that. i had to assume duties of being both mother and the father. and certainly there's a lot of psychological trauma that's going to have its effect over years.
>> sheriff's deputies report seeing talman drinking with friends on the beach prior to the accident. drinking is legal on siesta key beach. dr. chen is on a crusade to change that. >> 95% of the beaches in the state of florida and, in fact, across the country don't allow alcohol and public drinking. we've had petitions online, we've had discussions with the county commissioners. i don't think the residents here want to have alcohol associated with our beach. it would certainly be a tribute to donna, help us feel better about her death if those laws could be changed. >> once o'connor knows the whole story, he updates his post on youtube. >> i updated the notes on it so the people could see that it was resolved, not in a real happy way, but the mystery was solved anyway. >> rory and dr. chen have met a few times since that fateful day.
local newscast. >> this woman had been killed in a hit and run dui. and she was with her dog. so for us that was all the proof we needed. >> 22-year-old brake talman of bradenton was driving the car that hit donna. according to state troopers, his blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. he had just crashed into another car and was fleeing the scene of the accident when he struck donna and barney, altering the chens' lives forever. he pleads not guilty to multiple charges including vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. he's currently awaiting trial. >> it's a devastating experience to have to go through that. i had to assume duties of being both mother and the father. and certainly there's a lot of psychological trauma that's going to have its effect over years. >> sheriffs deputies report