“It’s so sad, so I’m just devastated. It shouldn’t have happened, and I heard an e-bike was involved. Those e-bikes are out of control. They spook me all the time,” said Cathy Murray of Burlingame.

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    I don’t, but hitting the gas instead of the brakes is a very common panic response.

    I think you’re misinterpreting the article. The kids she hit and the e-bike rider are different people.

    She got hit, panicked, floored it, and hit unrelated children. She didn’t get hit by the bike and say, “I’m gonna go murder some children now.”

    She’s guilty of vehicular manslaughter, for sure, but absolutely not murder.