Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A Lake Worth man accused of driving his pickup truck into a 3-year-old girl and killing her told deputies he is diabetic and that he blacked out behind the wheel, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office report released Monday.
Steven Warren Barnes, 56, who has a history of traffic violations and lost his license permanently in 1996, showed no emotion after the crash, a deputy and witness noted.
Tests showed he had extremely high blood sugar and a blood-alcohol level of .06. That's below the legal limit of .08, but deputies noted in the report that someone with diabetes should know the consequences that drinking can have for those with the disease ? including losing consciousness.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/pa...cular-homicide-follo-20130930,0,4970358.story
Paramedics meter couldn't register above 500? That's less than 28 mmol/l - most ordinary meters register up to 33 mmol/l.
Steven Warren Barnes, 56, who has a history of traffic violations and lost his license permanently in 1996, showed no emotion after the crash, a deputy and witness noted.
Tests showed he had extremely high blood sugar and a blood-alcohol level of .06. That's below the legal limit of .08, but deputies noted in the report that someone with diabetes should know the consequences that drinking can have for those with the disease ? including losing consciousness.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/pa...cular-homicide-follo-20130930,0,4970358.story
Paramedics meter couldn't register above 500? That's less than 28 mmol/l - most ordinary meters register up to 33 mmol/l.