Posted on 01/05/2019 7:40:00 PM PST by simpson96
A woman was hit and killed by a car packed with egg-chucking teens who ran a red light Tuesday afternoon, marking unincorporated Harris County's first traffic fatality of 2019.
The three teens, including a 14-year-old boy behind the wheel of a GMC Acadia, were fleeing an enraged motorist who gave chase during their alleged egging spree, Harris County Sheriff's Lt. Susan Cotter said. The young driver ignored a red light along Aldine Mail Route Road in north Houston and t-boned a Ford F-150 heading south on Aldine Westfield Road, she said.
Both vehicles tumbled into a nearby ditch. The woman was pulled from the mangled pickup truck but could not be saved. She was not identified.
Two of the boys, including the driver, were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The third teenager was not harmed and told authorities what happened.
The boy said he and his pals were egging cars when the driver of a gold, 1970s model Lincoln with a white top went after them near Russ Drive, according to authorities. The driver fled the crash site and police are looking for him.
It was not yet known if the teens will face any charges. The crash remains under investigation.(snip)
Update: The 14-year-old driver has been charged with murder.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
The anti-technology Amish are surely behind this!
14 and charged with murder. A few lives were quickly and permanently changed in that tragedy.
Good. I seriously hope they do not plea bargain the charge down.
So much for Ford tough. I can’t believe how mangled that truck is.
Its Houston. We’ll be lucky they don’t walk.
They got all those brand spankin’ new black female judges, remember? I’m sure they’ll go easy on these boys. They were just starting to turn their lives around after all!
More information including a video of the wreck.
I hope the woman never knew what hit her.
The guy who was chasing them was speeding and ran the light, too.
Check out the video...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3717660/posts?page=8#8
A Hummer probably wouldn’t have survived that high speed collision.
[a 14-year-old boy behind the wheel of a GMC Acadia]
What could possibly go wrong? Oh yeah, this.
One guy giving chase just exacerbated the situation.
Aluminum?
T-boned by a 4,000lb (almost) vehicle - who knows how fast it was going.
That’s going to do some serious damage to almost anything.
I was hit by some gal going 40+ mph in van - felt like a freight train rammed me.
There aren’t too many vehicles that would fare any better being t-boned by a heavy vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed that didn’t even brake. The surprising thing to me is, the passenger compartment of the GMC Acadia appears completely intact.
No, it’s an older Ford truck, not the aluminum bodied newer one.
Congratulations! You’re unincorporated Harris County’s first traffic fatality of 2019! Here’s Jay Stewart to tell you the prizes you won...
Teens are stupid
Pretty messed up. A friend’s wife and kids got into a pretty bad rollover when a vehicle turned left in front of them Air bags on all sides minimized injuries. F-150. He bought another one.
Really?The truck was hit with such force that both vehicles ended up in a ditch.Not much survives that kind of side impact save for an Abrams tank.
Were they teens or “Teens”?
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