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Kern County Man Dies After Being Injured in Second Hit-and-Run Crash in a Week
KTLA ^

Posted on 01/28/2018 8:21:04 PM PST by BenLurkin

Rickey Chapman, 34, was struck and killed by an unknown driver on Friday night along North Sierra Highway in Rosamond, his mother, Rive Chapman said Sunday.

She said her son was also struck about a week before in another hit-and-run crash on the same road.  His family had been relieved when they found out he was OK after the first crash, though his bicycle was destroyed. He was walking on a shoulder of the highway at night when he was struck in the second crash, his family said.

Rive Chapman described her son as "good-hearted" and a "hard worker." She said he had just joined the Los Angeles chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and was trying to get his life back on track after previously being homeless.

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1 posted on 01/28/2018 8:21:04 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Had he known Hillary long?


2 posted on 01/28/2018 8:21:42 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The revolution will not be televised (at least, not by CNN).)
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To: BenLurkin

Poor soul. From being homeless to having some hope. And now killed by a hit and run scumbag.


3 posted on 01/28/2018 8:24:04 PM PST by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: doug from upland

drivers kill 40,000 Americans every year.


4 posted on 01/28/2018 8:30:03 PM PST by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: BenLurkin

Here in California, a vast majority of solved hit and runs are by illegal aliens.


5 posted on 01/28/2018 8:34:04 PM PST by Angels27
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To: BenLurkin
He was walking on a shoulder of the highway at night when he was struck in the second crash, his family said.

I'm thinking it's the pedestrian's fault. Who gets hit by a car and doesn't take extra precautions the next week.

6 posted on 01/28/2018 9:01:31 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Still, the driver should have stopped and offered help or called 911 if he was still alive.


7 posted on 01/28/2018 9:05:13 PM PST by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: DannyTN

I don’t think that the poor guy was the sharpest knife in the drawer.

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8 posted on 01/28/2018 9:05:33 PM PST by Mears
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To: BenLurkin

RIP.


9 posted on 01/28/2018 9:25:42 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: vooch

Why no screeching of the libtards about banning high capacity automobiles?


10 posted on 01/28/2018 9:56:06 PM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: BenLurkin

Rosamond, with a population of 16,000 people has over 27 pot dispensaries.

Whether it was the pedestrian or the drivers smokin’ weed, legalized pot is a disaster for this small desert town.


11 posted on 01/28/2018 10:36:27 PM PST by blackpacific
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To: Angels27

I too suspect an illegal alien. Equally likely, a drunk. Or both. Left the scene to avoid the police.


12 posted on 01/28/2018 11:02:49 PM PST by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: blackpacific

It’s also a half hour drive from Edwards.


13 posted on 01/29/2018 12:04:36 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: blackpacific

How many bars and liquor stores?
20k drunk driving deaths a year.


14 posted on 01/29/2018 3:40:45 AM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Mears

Agree, but even dumb people should be safe from drunk Mexicans.


15 posted on 01/29/2018 5:44:18 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (Death To Traitors. I'll Bring The Rope.)
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To: shanover

Because how would Pelosi get around ?


16 posted on 01/29/2018 5:44:32 AM PST by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: Robert A Cook PE
I too suspect an illegal alien. Equally likely, a drunk.

My brother was killed by a 19 yr old hispanic who was drunk and on drugs back in 2001 in California. I've often wondered if the kid was an illegal......

17 posted on 01/29/2018 5:48:40 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: BenLurkin

Some of the Base workers live there, but most live farther away in an attempt to have a nice place to come home to. But the demographics are changing fast. Just go into the DMV or Walmart to see what the Antelope Valley has become.


18 posted on 01/29/2018 8:29:40 AM PST by blackpacific
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To: BenLurkin

Which is more likely? Guy hit twice in two separate random accidents within a week, or someone who wanted to kill him failed the first time, and succeeded the second.

I’d say the probabilities would be close enough it would be interesting to know who might have had it in for him.


19 posted on 01/29/2018 9:54:38 AM PST by AnonymousConservative (Why did Liberals evolve within our species? www.anonymousconservative.com)
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