Posted on 11/18/2004 12:31:17 PM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
It was a bizarre and horrible assault. The weapon: a 20 pound turkey thrown out of a moving car and onto the windshield of an oncoming car. The driver is in critical condition. It happened on Long Island in Lake Ronkonkoma.
# After being hit with something that weighs more than a cinder block, the victim lost consciousness while driving. If it wasn't for a friend in the passenger's seat who leaned over and grabbed the steering wheel, who knows how many would have been killed? The victim of this attack is in critical condition, with severe trauma to her face. Images from the Story
The assisant chief with the fire department showed us how the impact from the solid frozen mass knocked the driver unconscious.
Asst. Chief Bob Wallace, Farmingdale Fire Dept: "She had severe facial trauma, she wasn't stable, she was in and out. She was unconscious at one point. The steering wheel was flattened out which took a majority of the impact. The turkey ended up in the rear seat behind the passenger side."
Police say they have pictures of the assailants, five teens caught on store suveillance tape in the aisles of the Waldbaum's supermarket.
Police say they bought a 20 pound turkey. They obviously didn't think that their purchase would be traced back to them and a credit card reported stolen in the afternoon.
Danielle Mazzocchi, Resident: "Kids don't think about consequences. They just act and then just take the consequences later.."
Jose Pesce, Resident: "Some message has to be sent that these kinds of things don't happen. Throwing turkeys off of the bridges and everything. A lot of kids used to throw bricks off of bridges, and nothing ever happened. That's why they keep doing it."
These kids could be in a whole lot of trouble. The sources who saw the pictures on the videotape say you can see the faces of all five teenage suspects.
Those pictures will be shown to the police. A press conference is scheduled for Thursday and relatives of the victim will be there and Eyewitness News will be covering that.
I picked up a 20 lb frozen turkey and that sucker was heavy. I can see where it can become a lethal weapon.
How about a well-publicized, humiliating trial with some hefty time behind bars? My prayers go out to the victim for a full recovery.
Sounds like five 'kids' are in the need of a beating.
What a bunch of morons.
Long Island; The redneck section of New York. I`ve lived in NYC all my life, lived in the worst parts of Brooklyn, the Bronx, never had a problem, no muggings, no trouble. I go to Long Island I get mugged, I get my car smashed, I get threatened with a knife. I truly think it has to do with fear. Kids are raised not as close to other people and they don`t know how to communicate so they do crazy stuff for attention.
It's not only heavier than a cinderblock, it's bigger than a breadbox. (A small one.)
Where did they find my ex-wife's leftovers?
I'm sick and tired of this country refusing to register it's turkeys! Turkeys are designed to kill! We don't need turkeys!
it took me one week living in brooklyn to have my headlights stolen. i havent spent much time in long island but from what i know its supposed to be the rich jappy types.
if you outlaw turkeys, only outlaws will have turkeys
Would caning be out of the question? In this country anything more than an admonishment would be considered cruel and inhumane punishment.
A "some kids need their ass whupped" ping.
Really? How much did it weigh?
I am of the firm belief that teens names and faces should be published, this nonsense of protecting their identity because they are under age is part of the problem, there is not much of a consequence. The crime itself should determine when the names are published this would be a good example of doing so.
So you must be one of the "you can have my turkey after you pry it from my cold, dead hands" crowd?!? Hrrmmpphhh!
Idiots for sure.
Reminds me of a story about some testing that was done on a high-speed locomotive to ensure that it was capable of withstanding bird strikes. The borrowed NASA's "chicken cannon" to fire chickens at the prototype's windshield at speeds of more than 300 km/h. After several tests where the chickens completely destroyed the control cab, they contacted NASA for advice.
NASA recommended that they thaw the chickens first.
They need to be scourged........
Putting them in the stocks for a few days in the parking lot of the local mall would be an attractive option, IMHO. Preferably with their pants down and a good-sized stick at hand.
LQ
Frozen? I thought most of Turkey was a desert!!
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