California road-rage case heads for court
A California emergency-room physician faces trial this week on multiple felony charges stemming from a 2008 road-rage case that left two cyclists seriously injured. Dr. Christopher T. Thompson...
View ArticleLA road rage trial begins
After one cyclist slammed into the rear of his car and vaulted over it into oncoming traffic, and another crashed through his rear window, Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson called 911 and told the...
View ArticleDefense attorney cross-examines cyclists in LA road rage case
Two cyclists were looking for a fight before an incident that led to assault charges being filed against a California driver, the driver's attorney suggested in court Monday. The attorney for Dr....
View ArticleMailbag: Radios, road rage and horse pucky
With most dividing issues there usually ends up being some sort of compromise solution, so here is mine for race radios. Read the full article at Mailbag: Radios, road rage and horse pucky on...
View Article‘I wanted to teach them a lesson.”— Road rage trial resumes.
A traffic investigator told jurors in the Los Angeles road rage trial this week that a driver’s comment at the scene of the incident “was so shocking his words burned into my brain.” Dr. Christopher...
View ArticleProsecution rest in LA road rage case. Defense will call witnesses Monday.
Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Mary Stone rested the prosecution’s case against Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson on Friday afternoon, following five and a half days of testimony in Thompson's...
View ArticleDr. Thompson takes the stand in his trial on assault charges.
Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson took the stand in his defense on Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles in his trial on assaulting cyclists in 2008. Thompson answered preliminary questions from his defense...
View ArticleLA road-rage defendant says he stopped to try to take a picture
Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson said he never intended to hurt a pair of cyclists who hit the back of his car on the Fourth of July 2008. He told a court Wednesday that he stopped to try to take a...
View ArticleLA road-rage trial closing arguments wrap up
Prosecutors and defense attorneys made closing arguments Thursday in Los Angeles, in the trial of a former emergency room doctor accused of injuring two cyclists when he stopped his car suddenly in...
View ArticleLA Road-Rage doctor convicted on all counts
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Monday found Dr. Christopher Thomas Thompson guilty of assaulting cyclists by abruptly stopping his car in front of them on a hilly Los Angeles County road last...
View ArticleRoad-rage victim urges drivers and cyclists to share the road
After the verdict, road-rage victim Josh Crosby urges cyclists and drivers to share the road. Read the full article at Road-rage victim urges drivers and cyclists to share the road on VeloNews.com.
View ArticleAnger and time to think about ‘lessons’ learned
Our readers weigh in on one reader's suggestion that jail time might be too harsh for the angry doctor of L.A. Read the full article at Anger and time to think about ‘lessons’ learned on VeloNews.com.
View ArticleThe Explainer: Doctor behaving badly
A reader wonders how prosecutors were able to bring up Dr. Thompson's past behavior and then combine two separate charges in the same trial. Read the full article at The Explainer: Doctor behaving...
View ArticleL.A. road rage doctor to be sentenced Friday
The California physician, convicted of assaulting a pair of cyclists with his car, is scheduled to be sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday morning. Read the full article at L.A. road rage...
View ArticleL.A. road rage doctor gets five years
The California physician, convicted of assaulting a pair of cyclists with his car, was sentenced to five years in prison at the close of a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday morning. Read...
View ArticleThe Explainer: The doctor, the lawyer and the forgiving soul
Q.Dear Explainer, Despite disagreeing on your final conclusion, your coverage of the hit-and-run case in Colorado has been thorough and I appreciate that. The whole mess reminded me that VeloNews has...
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