Corrales had a BAC of .25

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Corrales legally drunk in fatal motorcycle crash
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By Ken Ritter, The Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Boxer Diego "Chico" Corrales was driving drunk at more than three times the legal limit when he crashed his motorcycle and died, police said Tuesday.
"It's quite possible that had he not been impaired, he could have prevented his accident," Las Vegas police Sgt. Tracy McDonald said after toxicology tests showed Corrales' blood-alcohol content was 0.25%. The legal limit for drivers in Nevada is 0.08%.
"Bottom line, no one else did anything wrong," McDonald said of an investigation that found speed was a factor and no drugs other than alchohol were in Corrales' system when he died May 7 at age 29. "He basically killed himself."

Corrales had a history of drunken driving and was riding without a valid license, court officials and the state Department of Motor Vehicles have said.

Pat Lamparelli, a Corrales family friend, said Tuesday he was not surprised to learn that Corrales had been drinking before he crashed his 2007 Suzuki while trying to pass another vehicle on a busy residential street about 7 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip.

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"We did know he did drink," Lamparelli said, speaking for Corrales' pregnant wife, Michelle Corrales. "That's what he used to do. That's public knowledge, as far as his DUIs and things like that. Unfortunately, that was one of his demons."

Those close to him also knew Corrales as intelligent, charismatic and a risk-taker who never turned down an autograph and liked high-risk sports such as scuba diving and snowboarding.

Michelle Corrales is pregnant and due next month to deliver the couple's fourth child next month, a son to be named Diego Jr., Lamparelli said. The couple had been trying to reconcile after separating earlier this year.

Lamparelli said family members did not know where Corrales had been before the crash. He was wearing a helmet but died of head injuries, the Clark County coroner said. The cause of death was ruled an accident.

The coroner tested for 25 drugs and found no legal or illegal substances in Corrales' system, McDonald said, adding that while investigators did not complete calculations of how fast he was riding, it was clear Corrales was "well above" the posted speed limit of 35 mph when he crashed.

The Nevada DMV has said Corrales' vehicle and motorcycle licenses were revoked in July 2006 for a drunken-driving conviction on an October 2005 arrest.

He faced arrest stemming from a failure to appear in January in a Las Vegas court on a March 2006 DUI arrest, the Clark County district attorney's office said. Charges in that case also included speeding and evading a police officer.

Corrales fought most of his career at 130 pounds, winning lightweight and super featherweight titles while compiling a record of 40 wins and five losses, with 33 knockouts.

The crash occurred two years to the day after his most memorable fight, a bout against Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas which the Boxing Writers Association of America and numerous boxing publications called the fight of the year.

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I read that earlier today. It's not surprising. Corrales was done as a high profile fighter and had big debts, now these are under his wife's responsibility. Corrales should have thought twice about driving drunk, that was a very selfish decision in the end.

 

what a jerk

he could have killed someone
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DUH!!!!...

How Else Does a Guy CRASH N 2 another Vehicle while Going Nearly 100mph??:dunno: ...

If was a Foregone Conclusion that Chico was DRUNK...@ Least to REED it was...



REED

 

He DID Kill Someone,ASSHOLE...

Somebody BAN this Weak,Punk Ass,TROLLING Motherfucker...He Offers Absolutely NATHAN to this Site...



REED

 

Given his history - and the circumstances - it wasn't a surprise to me.

"The Nevada DMV has said Corrales' vehicle and motorcycle licenses were revoked in July 2006 for a drunken-driving conviction on an October 2005 arrest.

He faced arrest stemming from a failure to appear in January in a Las Vegas court on a March 2006 DUI arrest, the Clark County district attorney's office said. Charges in that case also included speeding and evading a police officer."

 

REED GUARANfuckingTEE'S Chico was Intoxicated when the Assault "Incident" Happened w/his Ex-Wife...

That's THE ONLY Way to Explain Chico's "Jekyll & Hyde" Ways...Probably why he was SEPERATED from his Current Wife,as Well...

Sad...

REED:doh:

 

try to keep your posts relevant to the topic of the thread, thanks
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Try to Make One, just ONE RELEVANT POST N your FightBeat Existence...

U're OVER 300 posts & STILL Searching...

PATHETIC...


REED

 

I have heard similar charges through my contacts in Las Vegas concerning Chico's taste of the good life.
Yes, he liked to drink and party, but he shouldn't have gotten behind the handlebars or the wheel after he did so, bottom line.
Thank God an innocent motorist obeying the law wasn't killed when this tragedy occurred.
Karl

 

look who's talking...the sad part is you have 10 times as many posts, each filled with effort

what an emotional crybaby you are

i'd say lets take it to smacktalk, but you have still to address at least a dozen ownifying posts there first
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I don't think it was obvious that Corrales was drinking, at all.
I know a lot of people who have driven drunk who would never think to do it on a motorcycle.

 

& What a USELESS Piece of Shit YOU R...

CHILDISHLY,U wait Around for the Popular Decisions to B Rendered,THEN U Rear YOUR Sorry Ass Head,TROLLING,Going AGAINST the Grain just for the Fuck of It ...

That's Some WEAK Ass,ATTENTION Seeking BULLSHIT,Right There...

REED has ALREADY Wiped his Ass,Dick AND BALLS w/YOUR Sorry Ass N the Smacktalk Session...U DON'T Deserve a RE...Get your Bitch Ass N Line & EARN a Title Shot,Scrub...


REED:tease:

 

yeh, i'm starved for attention :cheer:
with the way i have 3000 posts with words in capitals, and expel heaps of effort and emotion



everyone owns you in smacktalk, kid :notallthere:

you're the waterboy in there amongst heavyweight contenders
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dsimon writes:

Ok that was funny as shit:laughing:.

 

Strange that when I get drunk and drive, I never get the urge to drive fast. I drive as slow as an old woman. :dunno:

 

Guys speed and die all the time, racing, showing off. Hamed hit a guy at 90mph in his McClaren Mercedes and he hadn't a drop of juice in his system.

 

Exactly, same thing here, I got nothing against driving tipsy, you just have to drive slowly. I won't shed a tear for people ( like Corrales ) who killed themselves in a "car" accident when they drive at a ridiculous speed, especially when drunk or high.

 

No it does not, if you refuse the inheritance, you don't have any obligations to pay the debt of this person.

 

The world is a safer place for motorist and pregnant mexican woman.

 

Since when was the world stacked against pregnant mexican women???

 

I never said it was.

 

I think the biggest part of his debts were unpaid taxes and I'm not sure you can do that in the united states.

 

The tax burden will move to the estate. The estate has to pay the tax before everybody else gets theirs. In otherwords, you gets whats lefts. Uncle Sam takes his first, Oh yes.:nono:

 

That's what I thought. Thanks, my "friend"...::

 

No shock here. Since the loss to Casamayor, Corrales started drinking heavily. He was drinking throughout his training camp for Clottey.

 

Hey, I'm just trying to keep the Corrales' straight. Ain't nuthin to do with you, "friend".....:notallthere: ::

 

.25 is a serious BAC too. That's not just a couple beers.

Do they know where he was coming from? Was he at a bar?

TFK

 

Hearing this makes me happy he didn't take anyone with him.

Based on this info, there's nothing "tragic" about his death.

 

No he was at a fucking Quakers get together.:: I heard it was a ruff bunch of Mormons that put him up to it.:notallthere: