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Bonbonlover
Member
07-12-2000
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 8:07 am 
'BACHELOR' CHRIS SOULES
ARRESTED AFTER FATAL CRASH
http://www.tmz.com/2017/04/25/chris-soules-arrested-fatal-car-crash/
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 9:18 am
Oh, my. How sad.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 9:51 am
Never ever leave the scene of an accident. It just makes everything so much worse.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 9:56 am
yeah, he was probably drinking. The question in his mind was ticket for leaving or drunk driving.
Either way, a man is dead, and Chris is at fault however. How could you leave if someone was hurt? I couldn't.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 11:26 am
Sounds like he was probably drinking and panicked. The police didn't locate him until "hours later" according to that article, so too late to measure his blood alcohol content. The fact that he had alcohol containers in his truck, though, doesn't look good for him. Do not EVER drink and drive.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 11:38 am
http://tamaratattles.com/2017/04/25/former-bachelor-chris-soules-arrested-after-fatal-car-accident/
He has more than a bit of history.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 12:17 pm
Wow. I wonder if ABC knew about his history when they signed him for the Bachelor? Sounds like he may have issues with alcohol, in addition to a total disregard for the law. I was over him when he yelled at his coach on DWTS. He kind of snapped and I felt like that was just the tip of the iceberg.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 1:42 pm
It seems like whenever we saw him on The Bachelor, he always had a drink in his hand. More so than the rest of them.
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Chieko
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 2:01 pm
Oh, dear, this is not good. It seems the fatality was a neighbor of his that he knew. The man was driving a tractor reported to be a John Deere 2640. They aren't very big tractors and usually don't have cabs on them and not much protection. Reporting says Soules rear-ended him and forced him off the road.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 4:16 pm
Lexie, EVERYBODY always has a drink in their hand on the Bachelor/ette. The producers think it makes for better television when everyone's wasted.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 5:34 pm
Living in such a small town they have to know everyone and vice versa.. really sad.
And no, I couldn't leave someone without calling for help and seeing if they were hurt.
He may have been THAT impaired .. clearly his truck would be identified.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 8:17 am
I get what you are saying BJM, but it has been noted that Chris drank more than most Bachelors.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 9:49 am
Here's a story from People that says Chris called 911 at the scene of the accident before taking off.
link
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 11:10 am
I've read that he's in even more trouble than he would've been just because he's had a DUI before. He went through alcohol education back then, so he should know better. He's gonna do some time in jail.
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 4:45 pm
ET played the 911 tape. He sounded quite distraught.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 5:25 pm
He was very upset, knew that the man he hit wasn't breathing, and asked someone else to give him CPR because Chris didn't know how.
But then he left the scene, and when officers came to his house, he didn't cooperate until they had a warrent.
He is in big trouble. I don't doubt that he is remorseful, both for the dead man and himself. But it does *seem* he was driving under the influence.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-19-2003
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 6:33 pm
There was a rundown of his history of citations for various driving violations in the news a couple days ago. He has had 15 violations dating back to 2001 including several DUI and underage alcohol possession. Seems he's never learned his lesson, so maybe some slammer time will smarten him up.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 6:41 pm
Yeah, but too late for the gentleman who lost his life. 
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Texannie
Member
07-15-2001
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 7:31 pm
I wasn't condoning his actions, just commenting on how he sounded in the tape.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 8:09 pm
I understand Annie. I was just adding my own thoughts.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 8:23 pm
It is difficult to think that he hasn't gotten legal advice and that is why he
1. Left the scene of the accident.
2. Refused to come out without a warrant.
Pretty well known that stalling is something done to keep from being busted for alcohol.. or at least to hope that the levels will have dropped below legal limits.
Self serving for sure.
Yes, I would hope this would wake him up but his history doesn't make me all that hopeful.
Time will tell.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 10:41 pm
Something to consider, because I don't know which would help him more if he did have a drink before the accident. But I've heard that if someone had been drinking and got in an accident, they will take off and tell the cops afterwards that they were so distraught, they had a drink or two to calm down. And thats why they have alcohol in their system.
So, who knows what the truth is? I'm hoping he wasnt drinking and was so freaked out that the flight instinct overtook him. Not because of who he is, It just makes me so sad
when these accidents happen and alcohol is involved.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 11:14 pm
Timeline:
Timeline
Sounds like he might miss BIP.. had to turn over his passport..
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 7:57 am
Grooch, apparently there were alcohol containers in his truck. Definitely sounds like he'd been drinking. It's too bad he had to take a life to finally learn you shouldn't drink and drive. I feel bad for his family (as I recall from when he was on the Bachelorette, they were awesome), and of course for the victim's family. What a horrible thing.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Thursday, April 27, 2017 - 9:34 pm
I would hate to see him on BIP after this. He should not be yukking it up drinking and dating on TV. It would be in very poor taste and disrespectful to the man who lost his life and his family.
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