Trucker Charged With Murder For ‘Facebooking & Driving’ (VIDEO, GRAPHIC)

by Austin Petersen

 Don’t Facebook And Drive

PHOENIX, AZ – A fuel tanker driver was driving and looking at photos of women on Facebook when he smashed into three police cars and two fire department trucks, killing one Arizona Public Safety Officer. New video has emerged from a public records request by the Arizona Daily Star that shows the incident from the event.

Officer Tim Huffman was killed in the wreck that occurred on May 6th when Jorge Espinoza crashed into him. When questioned by authorities, Espinoza claimed that he didn’t see the cars because he was looking in his mirror and that he never used his phone while driving.

Prosecutors alleged that he was in Facebook looking at “photographs of several women in provocative positions, wearing little clothing,” “photographs of a woman in a low-cut dress,” and photos of a man “smoking something,” according to reports.

The camera on the truck dashboard captured the event.


Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

5 comments

QuestionEverything November 4, 2013 at 8:04 pm

Question: Why was that car parked in the middle of the road like that with no signal flares, lights, signs, etc simply anything to spark attention…thats just asking to get rammed by some poor bastard who is not paying attention at that moment in time.

Rich Kolasa November 4, 2013 at 9:45 pm

That’s really irrelevant, when you consider that when you’re DRIVING, YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE YOUR HEAD BURIED IN FACEBOOK!

Tom Stalbaum November 5, 2013 at 7:03 pm

I like changing gears. I wonder if this semi was an automatic transmission?

Jeremy Arthur Vandelay November 6, 2013 at 1:00 am

dude the cop had his car sitting dead stop with no flares, no lights in the right lane! Even if the guy HAD been fully paying attention, what is he supposed to do? Swerve an 18 wheeler at the last minute when he sees the car??

Jesus Christ. Sure if he was on Facebook that’s not responsible, but let’s place some due blame on the cop in the middle of the road!

♞ Castle Bravo ♞ November 11, 2013 at 11:08 pm

wow

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