so sad

My Thoughts And Prayers go out to the mans family who died and to the truck driver..and why u blaming the truck driver he did nothing wrong i bet that wasn't on his list to do things ..someone smoked his break and lunch by the sound..if your going to be ignorant don't bother to write it..Truckers get blame for alot of things even when it ain't there fault..

Suicide in any form is without a doubt the most selfish thing that anyone can do. This man made it even worse by not only involving his whole family but a complete stranger. This poor truck driver was just out there trying to earn a living and feed his family. Now his truck is wrecked and he no dout has been traumatized because Mr. Leavitt decided to make him the instrument of his death. I don't like to talk ill about the dead, and my prayers go out to the families of both Mr. Leavitt and Mr.wentworth, but this man has hurt complete strangers because he couldn't cope with his own problems.

piscataquis_riot, please go back to what ever loser chat room you came from.

Sadden to hear of this for the family of the man who did this, sorry the truck driver was put through this.

Running logs down a river is far more deadly and at the rate things are going in this country, this might come about again...first log is for piscataquis riot to ride, let us know how it works out for you.

To quote one of our most famous Maine citizens...SteveyDee :) "Suicide is a way to weed out the ......."......

A little harsh aren't you opinionated. I agree suicide is a cowards way out, but obviously he wasn't in his right mind. Who would do that? Not a sane person. He did leave to families behind to deal with a horrible tragedy. He put a guilt trip on the woman he supposedly loved, on his children. And as I said before the image that poor guy driving the truck has is horrible I'm sure

Look, you want to kill yourself? Go ahead. But do it by yourself and don't involve innocent people. God Bless the truck driver.

This poor man, I can see how a divorce can emotionally cripple someone, I've gone thru it. But to involve and innocent person is wrong, it's just as bad as suicide by cop. know what I mean? My prayers are with the family that this person left behind and for the truck driver, I'm sure he's replaying this horrible thing over and over in his head.

For opinionatedinbangor: On 2/13/09 at 07:45 AM, opinionatedinbangor wrote:

Lewis85 - I agree with you 100%. How selfish and cowardly of this man to take his life in this manner. If I was his family I would be ashamed of the way this man took his life. He has most likely crushed his family with this emotional burden, and has put this burden on a total strangers family. The truck driver and his family will have to deal with this for the rest of there life. For what? Because some idiot couldn't deal with his problems and decided to end his own life? I have no respect for this man and would spit on his grave if I were to attend his funeral

Your the idiot, If you have never been suicidal then you should hold your comments about spitting on his grave. Suicidal people are not in a right frame of mind when they do stuff, and in this case, he had a brief moment of clarity to cross the line and hit the truck. He was looking for the quickest and most complete way to end his life, and he succeded...I do feel bad for his family, however I would feel a lot less pain for them had he left a note explaining to his soon to be ex wife, then she could take the brunt or burden of his guilt he was feeling, who knows the circumstances surrounding his impending divorce, but I can say if he was that suicidal, IT WAS CLEARLY HER FAULT, SHE MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING to make him that bad off.

Condolences to the families involved. The trucker will have to live with the image of someone trying to kill him for the rest of his driving career as well as his life. We can all get angry and rant at the fact that this man chose an irresponsible way to end his life, but the fact of the matter is that truly suicidal people are not rational thinkers.

As for piscataquis_riot: It's time for your medication deary.

This selfish ignorant man should burn in hell for involving that driver in his death plot! No one has a right to use another person to commit suicide. I hope that truck driver sues the hell out of dead guys insurance/estate and never has to drive again if he doesn't want to!

How can you blame the wife, it ain't her fault he was a pu**y and took his own life,the poor trucker has to live with this for the rest of his life knowing there was nothing he could do..if someone wants to kill themself then do it alone don't invol.inncent people..so sorry for the trucker and the other mans family..god bless

Well... No one REALLY knows that he committed suicide... it's an assumption. Just because a suicidal person dies doesn't mean it was suicide. If it was, it was. Either way, this man has family that may read this. To be so inconsiderate of someone... you should be ashamed. Yes, i agree, suicide is cowardly... but either way, his family, ex wife, children, parents.. they are all suffering and you are just being ignorant.

I'm sure if it was your father, or husband, or friend that died this way... you wouldn't be spitting on their grave. if you were... you are the lowest waste of a life there is to be that hateful towards another person that is suffering and has no where to turn.

Logging is WONDERFUL!!! Try wiping your a-hole with leaves for a while.

We are in hard times now. Families are having their homes taken, their jobs and their sense of well being robed from them. How can any of us sit in judgement? Some comments made here are so reflective of the times we are in. People are scared and angry and running out of hope. If we could all work in the solution and help our neighbors in these times we would all benefit.

The man was sick people. He was in a deep dark place where many go. Some of us are blessed to find the help we need. Others feel they have no place to turn. I don't want my heart to become blacken by the judgement we often put on others. My heart goes out to both families.

Can you imagine what went through this depressed mans mind just before he went head on into this pulp truck? He really wanted to die and make no mistake about it.... he knew this huge heavy truck would do the job. My heart hurts for the truck driver. I hope he can find it in his heart to forgive the man that has brought so much pain. I hope he will pray for the mans soul. If he will ,he will be set free. Free of a burden that should not have been his to carry. God Bless all who have been hurt by this.

piscataqis_riot---------You and all your aliases are completely and totally insane. You really need to get some help or at least keep yourself off here with your sick remarks! I hope that forgiveness can be found for this so very unhappy man! And prayers to the trucker! And as I stated earlier, suicide is just speculation without leaving something behind. Even the police are Not Always right!

I agree the truck driver did nothing wrong, come on the man deliberately drove into the log truck. It is in no way the fault of the log truck driver, he was just out there doing a days work for a days pay. I am just glad that he did not get hurt, and who pays for the damage to his truck.???

Now that's just damned inconsiderate. If you're going to kill yourself, fine, that's your prerogative, but it's bad enough that the rest of us have to clean up after you. You don't need to compound the problem by choosing a method that puts total strangers at risk and leaves them traumatized.

About 16 years ago a very dear friend of mine committed suicide. What turned out to be his last night alive he called me and came to visit. We had a great evening, we went to my neighbors house and played poker. He was so happy, positive and upbeat. When he returned home at the end of the evening he ended his life. I cant even begin to explain to you the rollercoaster I went through after that. Initially I was devastated, I was so angry at him, I had a long problem with nightmares, blamed myself. Not to mention trying to explain it to everyone that asked. I tried to drown it with substance abuse. Which now I am dealing with. I went through a totally self-destructive period. That is only the tip of the iceburg. But I am someone left standing after such a life changing experience and it is hard. My first thought when reading the article was "what a jerk". Sorry, if he wanted to die why take someone along with him.

I think if a person is in that sad state far gone enough to kill themselves...they should NOT involve innocent people. It is terrible he got to that state and too bad someone didn't intervine but we never know. I still agree that suicide is a selfish thing to do, and mostly hard for the people you leave behind...they suffer forever. He will suffer in hell for what he did. The truck driver is lucky...my prayers go out to you.

I feel only for the truck driver. Poor guy was minding his own business trying to make a living and wham some wacko almost takes him out too.

I'd love to be that fly on the wall "on judgement day".

I don't understand why people call suicide "cowardly". Anyone here think they could pull the trigger? Swallow the pills? Steer into the oncoming truck? The easy path, it would seem, would be to keep on keepin' on. I can't begin to imagine the anguish that guy must have been feeling the second before making the last, fatal move.

Granted, it was very poor judgment to involve an innocent victim. And by no means am I suggesting suicide is the best way out of life's messes. It just works out that way for some...

FLOAT DOWN THE MIGHTY PENOBSCOT

how can anyboby give there opinion on this ,cause noboby really knows if he wanted to take is life.The only one that knows this is God himself and if he did he will have to deal with this.Right.

when god hands you lemons

you find a new god

Lisa Rose...who are you talking to? I dont see where anyone blamed the driver for anything...and you Brooks10....to blame that woman for the Divorce is ignorent. How the heck do you know? NOONE knows what goes on behind closed doors and unless you were in the middle of it (and if you were then maybe people should start looking at YOU to blame) you couldnt possibly know. Does it hurt the head to be that ignorent?

I've been reading all of your comments. I worked with this guy, no one knows what was going through his mind. I agree that he should have never involved the truck driver, 100%,agree. I feel so bad for what this truck driver will now have to live with. It clearly was not his fault. It does look like David was trying to commit suicide. But we do not know what was going through his mind when this took place, how desperate he was. If he was trying to committ suicide, which it clearly looks like he was, he could have chosen another way. Calling him names, and all of you arguing over different things will not help anything. If anything at all, pray for the families that have been left behind, a child that will not get to know his father. Also, pray for the truck driver so the truck driver will somehow know that was beyond his control and is in no way at fault. But most of all, if anyone has suicidal feelings, know that there are people out there that will help you whether it be professionally or friends and families.

Does anybody on this site stop and think before they write? I understand everyone has a right to an opinion, but putting on a post complaining about this man being selfish and ruining the lives of his family and friends? Do you not think that more than likely more of this man's friends and family than just Gunner will probably read this article and these post? They are already distraught enough with the loss of a loved one, do they really need to see all the BS posts about suicide and assumptions of his personal situation from a bunch of people who never knew the man? Come on now, grow up and find something to complain about that doesn't just throw salt in this family's wounds. I'm sure they will be remembering and missing this man for how he lived his life and not how he chose to end it. Would you want your family to read this about you if you were the subject of this article? I doubt it. So maybe it's time to think about everyone involved here and not just your own personal opinion about a subject that with the exception of Gunner has no relevance or impact on your life whatsoever. I know it's a free country and we are able to say and do as we please on here, just use a little common sense.

i was talking to the one who made the comment about blaming the ex-wife or wife for this and the one who blame the trucker its not either of them faults..if u read the first comment piscataquis_riot wrote that truckers should be aloud on the road .well was there and now is gone..

Maybe BDN should do like other places and REVIEW comments before they are made. People who commit suicide have reached a point that they feel they are a burden to loved ones, or feel that others won't be affected by their death. Sad that someone else was involved. My thoughts and prayers go out to all involved.

I think what everone fails to see is that when a person who is suicidal they are not in their right state of mind, that they are mentally. They do not see what it is going to do to those left behind or what people are going to think. They are in pain. I am sure that this man did not think about how this trucker was going to cope with this after. I am sure he didn't think about how his family was going to cope with this either. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The family of this man is probably looking back and for the first time seeing all the warning signs of this and of his state of mind. With the way thing are going now we need to be aware of warning signs of suicide and be ready to seek help for those who may need it.

As for the Trucker, he is going to need all the compassion that we can muster. His job is not an easy one and to have to now cope with this just adds to the stress.